All Strategy articles – Page 16
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NewsThai Airways targets rehabilitation exit in mid-2025 amid new growth strategy
Thai Airways International expects to exit business rehabilitation by the second quarter of 2025, as it works through capital restructuring for the rest of this year.
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NewsSpirit Airlines’ struggles deepen amid reports of potential bankruptcy
Struggling Spirit Airlines has sharply reduced its October schedule and is cutting routes across its network amid reports that it is exploring a bankruptcy filing.
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Airline BusinessQatar’s Virgin Australia deal a litmus test for Canberra’s competitive appetite
The Australian airline market is set for a shake-up in the near future, after Qatar Airways announced its intention to acquire a 25% minority stake in Virgin Australia.
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NewsGaruda’s half-year loss widens as expenses creep up
Garuda Indonesia fell deeper in the red during the first half of the year, as cost increases outpaced rising revenues.
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NewsVirgin Australia mulls widebody return as Qatar seeks 25% stake
Qatar Airways has announced its intention to take a minority 25% stake in Virgin Australia, in a “strategic investment” that has the potential to shake up the Australian airline sector.
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NewsBahamasair expects spat with US carriers to be resolved this week: CEO
Bahamasair’s chief executive Tracy Cooper expects a disagreement between the Bahamas government and US airlines about air traffic control fees to be resolved by the end of this week.
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NewsAir New Zealand’s safety chief steps down from management team
Air New Zealand’s chief operational integrity and safety officer David Morgan has stepped down from the airline’s leadership team.
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NewsEU ‘undermining’ airline competitiveness with sustainability policies: IATA chief
IATA director general Willie Walsh has criticised the European Union’s approach to sustainability, accusing the bloc of damaging the competitiveness of its airlines.
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InterviewShort-term resilience and longer-term sustainability focus for new Loganair boss
Loganair will remain a torchbearer for sustainable aviation, insists new chief executive Luke Farajallah – a mission begun by his predecessor.
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NewsIndiGo names Ex-Volotea COO Porqueras as new operations chief
IndiGo has appointed its chief transformation officer Isidre Porqueras as its new operations chief.
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NewsLobby group asks DOT to block Bahamasair’s operating authority amid fee spat
Bahamasair has become embroiled in a disagreement between the government in Nassau and US airlines that fly into the island country’s airspace.
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NewsElliott’s criticism of Southwest’s overhaul plan ‘inane’: CEO Bob Jordan
Southwest Airlines chief executive Bob Jordan blasted minority shareholder Elliott Investment Management’s latest criticisms as “inane” during Southwest’s 26 September investor day in Dallas.
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NewsSouthwest will ditch open seating in 2026 as part of broader transformation plan
Southwest Airlines has revealed more details about its business-overhaul plan, saying it will abandon its open-seating model in 2026, form partnerships with other airlines and begin charging for “premium” coach seats.
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NewsJazz parent Chorus closer to divesting leasing business
Shareholders have approved Chorus Aviation’s planned $825 million sale of its aircraft leasing business to HPS Investment Partners, a deal Chorus has said it aims to close before year-end.
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NewsSouthwest’s feud with Elliot heats up ahead of investor day
Southwest Airlines’ increasingly acrimonious public feud with minority shareholder Elliot Investment Management has heated up a notch just days before the carrier is scheduled to update investors on its strategy.
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NewsAirlines frustrated as Shell defends Rotterdam SAF refinery pause
Shell insists that it paused building work at its 820,000 tonne/year biofuel refinery in Rotterdam “for the right reasons”, even as the airline industry laments the lack of SAF available today
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NewsAmerican Airlines chief warns net-zero targets in danger of being missed
Stakeholders are not doing enough to ensure the commercial air transport sector addresses its environmental impact, in the view of American Airlines chief executive Robert Isom.
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NewsIATA urges government action as it forecasts $128bn annual net-zero spend
Airline association IATA forecasts an average of $128 billion in annual capital expenditure will be needed for the airline industry to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
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NewsCanada proposes C$790 airline charge for resolution of every customer complaint
Canada’s federal transport watchdog has proposed charging airlines a C$790 ($582) fee for every customer complaint it resolves – irrespective of whether or not it finds in the customer’s favour.
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NewsArgentina’s FlyBondi cleared for third-party ground-service provision
Argentine civil aviation regulator ANAC has granted low-cost carrier FlyBondi authorisation to provide ground handling services to other airlines in the country.