All articles by Lewis Harper – Page 13
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian
In the seventh of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian was recognised in the Executive Leadership: North America category
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Airline BusinessQ2 2024 performance report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full second-quarter results from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in the Latin America region show them plunging into a deep net loss at an aggregate level
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Finnair senior leadership team
In the sixth of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Finnair’s senior leadership team was recognised in the Executive Leadership: Europe category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: IndiGo chief executive Pieter Elbers
In the fifth of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, IndiGo chief executive Pieter Elbers was recognised in the Executive Leadership: Asia-Pacific category
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Airline BusinessWeek 35 2024: Earnings latest from China’s ‘big three’
Last week saw a lull following frantic earnings season activity in the first half of August, but this week will see a return of financial reporting from a number of carriers.
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Emirates president Tim Clark
In the fourth of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Emirates president Tim Clark was recognised in the Executive Leadership: Middle East & Africa category
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Airline BusinessQ2 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full second-quarter 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in North America shows that weaker year-on-year profitability continued into the second three months of the year
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Turkish Airlines for Air-Cargo Leadership
In the third of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Turkish Airlines was recognised in the Air-Cargo Leadership category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: United Airlines for Digital Leadership
In the second of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, United Airlines was recognised in the Digital Leadership category
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Airline BusinessWhy has Qatar Airways invested in African carrier Airlink?
Qatar Airways’ announcement that it is taking a 25% shareholding in South African regional carrier Airlink comes as the Middle Eastern operator seeks to cement its position in an African market that it sees as “integral” to its strategy
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: IAG for ESG Leadership
In the first of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, IAG was recognised in the ESG Leadership category
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Airline BusinessAvianca eyes longer-term benefits as Colombian growth spurt hits earnings
The decision by Colombia’s Avianca to significantly increase its capacity at the end of 2023 had a negative impact on its second-quarter earnings this year, but the carrier is convinced that demand will catch up with supply.
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Airline BusinessAir Baltic chief cites Breeze emergence as carrier plots future with 100 A220s
Air Baltic’s announcement this week that it has firmed another 10 orders for Airbus A220-300 aircraft comes as the carrier plots a future that might see it becoming a much more geographically diverse airline than the one operating today.
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Airline BusinessWhy Neeleman has challenged Azul leadership to deliver R1bn in ‘incremental value’
Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul must go through another “major evolution” in its business as it seeks to offset the impact of the weakening of its local currency against the US dollar
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Airline BusinessCampbell Wilson outlines progress on ‘Everest’ of turnarounds at Air India
Few airline chief executives started a job with a longer to-do list than Campbell Wilson at Air India, but progress is being made in market with irresistible growth potential
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Airline BusinessWeek 33 2024: Voepass latest as earnings season continues
This week sees a ramping down of the second-quarter earnings season after an intense two weeks for announcements, albeit plenty of carriers are still to report.
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NewsAer Lingus ‘re-engaging’ with IAG management on A321XLR after pilot deal
Aer Lingus hopes to reignite plans to introduce the Airbus A321XLR into its fleet following the signing of a new labour agreement with its pilots in July.
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NewsAdequate Air Europa remedies harder to identify for IAG’s second bid: EU
Air Europa’s improved performance since 2021 made it harder to identify sufficient remedies during IAG’s second failed attempt to acquire the Spanish carrier, according to the European Commission.
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Airline BusinessIAG still wants Madrid to reach hub ‘first division’ despite ending Air Europa deal
Iberia owner IAG still has big ambitions for Madrid as a hub – and potentially in the M&A sphere – after announcing the termination of its deal to acquire the remaining 80% of Spanish carrier Air Europa
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NewsIAG offered to hand over 52% of Air Europa frequencies to secure acquisition
British Airways and Iberia owner IAG was willing to sacrifice 52% of Air Europa’s 2023 frequencies to secure its acquisition of the business, but that was not enough to satisfy the European Commission.