All articles by Lewis Harper – Page 4
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Airline BusinessRyanair ‘hard to fault’ after successful summer
Its latest earnings reflect an airline that can overcome challenges, respond quickly to market dynamics and act on opportunities.
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NewsSouthwest sees ’positive demand inflection’ enduring into fourth quarter
Improvements in the demand environment observed by Southwest Airlines in July continued through the rest of the third quarter and into the last three months of the year, allaying fears that market weakness would endure.
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NewsNat Pieper to step down as Oneworld chief and join American as CCO
Nat Pieper will leave has role as chief executive of the Oneworld alliance and become chief commercial officer at member carrier American Airlines, filling a role that has been vacant for more than a year.
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Airline BusinessStruggling Icelandair bidding to end ‘unsustainable losses’ in 2026
After Norwegian kicked off the third-quarter earnings season in Europe with an upbeat assessment of its fortunes, Icelandair Group offered an abrupt change in vibes during its call a day later.
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NewsIcelandair brings forward 767 retirement to 2026 amid ‘unsustainable losses’
Icelandair will end widebody operations in 2026, after bringing forward the timeline for phasing out its Boeing 767-300ER twinjets by several years.
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Airline Business‘Program X’ already delivering for Norwegian as Q3 earnings improve
Norwegian kicked off the third-quarter earnings season in Europe by setting a high bar for performance as the Scandinavian low-cost carrier enjoys the fruits of its post-Covid reinvention efforts.
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NewsBoeing ‘really delivering aircraft these days’: Norwegian chief
Norwegian chief executive Geir Karlsen is continuing to see improvements in the quality of service the Scandinavian carrier is receiving from Boeing as it adds more 737 Max 8s to its fleet
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Airline BusinessWeek 43 2025: Earnings ramp up as industry gathers for ALTA and IATA events
The third-quarter earnings season ramps up this week as the first European carriers discuss their performances during the crucial July-September quarter, which tends to weigh heavily on full-year metrics for carriers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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NewsAir Serbia to wet-lease Air Baltic A220s as it considers future fleet options
Air Serbia has signed a two-year agreement for Air Baltic to operate Airbus A220-300s on its behalf in an expansion of an existing relationship between the carriers.
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NewsAbra Group boosts order book with A330neo and A320neo commitments
Avianca and Gol parent Abra Group has announced commitments for seven Airbus A330neo jets and 50 more A320neos as it expands it order book.
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Airline BusinessWhy might EasyJet be an acquisition target?
News reports on 14 October linking shipping giant MSC to a bid for EasyJet have ignited a debate about the UK carrier’s future – and that of the low-cost sector in Europe.
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NewsSupply-chain delays adding $11bn to airline costs this year: IATA
A study carried out by IATA and consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates that aerospace supply-chain issues are costing the global airline industry more than $11 billion this year.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic operating chief Koster to replace Weiss as CEO
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss will stand down on 31 December 2025 after seven years leading the UK carrier, to be replaced by chief customer and operating officer Corneel Koster.
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NewsRiyadh Air to launch Heathrow flights with restricted ticket sales
Saudi start-up Riyadh Air will commence flights on 26 October using its “technical spare” Boeing 787-9 twinjet for daily services to London Heathrow, although tickets will not be on general sale for now. Riyadh Air says the flights will “initially be on sale to select groups and [airline] employees” and ...
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Airline BusinessLufthansa Group takes greater control of airlines in effort to recover lost ground
The business’s actions can broadly be grouped into three areas: more centralisation of its network carriers, involving greater integration of several functions; improving productivity, partly through a fleet-simplification effort; and getting costs down.
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Airline BusinessWhy Play has joined Wow on the list of failed Icelandic airlines
Low-cost operator Play ceased operations on 29 September, citing “deep-rooted challenges” that weighed on its four years of flying
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NewsPlay ceases operations amid ‘deep-rooted challenges’
Icelandic low-cost carrier Play has ceased operations, blaming a “weaker-than-expected” performance in recent months that was exacerbated by “negative media coverage” of its operations.
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Airline BusinessWeek 40 2025: Lufthansa changes, Azul-Gol off and Turkish-Air Europa progress
As the peak third quarter in the North Hemisphere comes to an end and airlines prepare to report on their earnings for the period, there was a flurry of order and acquisition activity last week.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: Top groups overcame headwinds to maintain steady financial course in 2024
The end of post-Covid upheaval means there is a familiar feel to the top airline groups by revenue and profit based on 2024 data, but the rankings still reflect the challenges and opportunities that operators faced
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: Leading groups finally saw traffic exceed pre-Covid levels in 2024
Leading global airlines finally surpassed pre-Covid passenger traffic in 2024, helped by stand-out capacity growth among the big Chinese airline groups