All articles by Lewis Harper
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Airline BusinessWeek 8 2026: Air New Zealand and Volaris among latest carriers to report earnings
This week sees attention move to Asia-Pacific and Latin America in the fourth-quarter earnings season.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 14-20 February 2026
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessAir France-KLM relaxed on transatlantic trends amid strong premium demand
Air France-KLM’s full-year earnings call saw the group’s executives present a positive assessment of 2025 and the year to come, as they cited the business’s focus on “premium” cabins as a boon.
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NewsAir France-KLM eyes 777-300ER replacement ‘sooner rather than later’
Air France-KLM is likely to make a decision soon on replacing its ageing Boeing 777-300ERs, as it continues with a group-wide fleet transformation effort.
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Airline BusinessWeek 7 2026: How strong is transatlantic demand at Europe’s big airline groups?
This week will see the first of Europe’s ‘big three’ network airline groups report its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings, with Air France-KLM’s commentary on the outlook regarding demand between Europe and the USA likely to be closely watched.
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NewsNorwegian has no plans to copy Wizz with ‘premium’ seating option
Scandinavian low-cost carrier Norwegian will not be copying Wizz Air’s recent decision to roll out a ‘premium’ seating option across its network, arguing its product is already better suited to market trends.
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Airline BusinessComfortable in its own skin, Norwegian optimistic on prospects for 2026
Norwegian’s renaissance continues apace, with another set of strong earnings figures capping a year in which its pre-Covid struggles vanished from the rear-view mirror.
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NewsBuoyant Norwegian could grow fleet ‘more aggressively’ in coming years
Scandinavian low-cost carrier Norwegian has cited the options it has to grow its fleet by more than current projections in the coming years amid a positive demand outlook.
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Airline BusinessFinnair upbeat on earnings and confident refreshed strategy is right one
Finnair is the latest European carrier to explicitly or implicitly say it has reached a turning point, joining Icelandair Group and Wizz Air in announcing a change in fortunes underpinned by a refreshed strategy.
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NewsStabilised Finnair shifts to strategy implementation after ‘strong’ end to 2025
Finnair recorded a “strong” fourth quarter of 2025 and has achieved what it calls a “stable financial position”, positioning the business to roll out the refreshed strategy it unveiled in November
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NewsAirAsia X launches Middle East hub with return to London
AirAsia X has confirmed that it has chosen Bahrain as the Middle Eastern hub that will enable it to expand services into Europe and Africa, including daily flights to London Gatwick from mid-2026.
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NewsFormer Sunwing president takes over at Flair
Former Sunwing Airlines president Len Corrado has become the new chief executive of Flair Airlines following the departure of Maciej Wilk.
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NewsUnions call for change at top of American Airlines
Unions representing pilots and cabin crew at American Airlines have called for changes at the top of the business in recent days, expressing concerns about many aspects of the US major’s performance and strategy.
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NewsWizz to roll out ‘premium’ seating option across whole network
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air will roll out its ‘WIZZ Class’ premium seating product across its entire network following a trial that saw take-up “exceed expectations”.
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Airline BusinessIcelandair takes heart from trends in early 2026 after another tough year
After a tricky emergence from the Covid-19 crisis, Icelandair has reasons to believe that 2026 could be the year when it makes it back into the black.
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NewsLabour negotiations key as Icelandair seeks to improve on full-year loss
Icelandair Group is keen to secure new collective agreements with key employees, after a loss-making 2025 in which the weaker US dollar against the Icelandic krona weighed on its profitability while exacerbating concerns about salary trends in its home country.
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Airline BusinessWhy Emirates is adding an A350 service to Gatwick as it eyes further UK growth
Emirates will begin operating a fourth daily flight to Gatwick airport, bringing its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350-900 jets to the West Sussex facility for the first time.
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NewsAir India orders more Max jets and converts 15 A321neos to XLRs
Air India has topped up its 737 Max orders with Boeing and opted to convert some of its Airbus A321neo orders into the XLR variant as it continues on its transformation journey under Tata Group ownership.
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Airline BusinessWizz happy to deliver ‘benign’ earnings report as it rolls out revised strategy
After a turbulent few years at Wizz Air, executives were able to delivery a reassuringly straightforward report on the business’s October-December performance and the outlook for 2026.
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NewsWizz clarifies US rights request is for World Cup and not scheduled services
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has explained that it has no plans to operate scheduled services to the USA and that a recent request for rights to fly to the country is based on an opportunity to operate charter flights for the football World Cup.