All Strategy articles – Page 205
-
NewsUK government reaches agreement to keep Flybe operating
The UK government has reached an agreement to keep regional airline Flybe operating.
-
NewsUK considers domestic aviation tax cut to save Flybe: reports
The British government is considering a removal of air passenger duty on domestic flights in a bid to help regional carrier Flybe, the BBC reports.
-
NewsEtihad joins EasyJet’s connection platform
Etihad Airways has become the latest carrier to join the Worldwide by EasyJet connections platform, enabling the two airlines’ passengers to seamlessly connect between their respective networks.
-
NewsLufthansa agrees to mediation talks with cabin-crew union
Lufthansa Group has accepted a flight-attendant union’s proposal that a long-running labour dispute be addressed through mediation talks.
-
NewsQatar Airways to codeshare with German rail company
Qatar Airways and German rail company Deutsche Bahn have signed a codeshare agreement that will enable the Middle Eastern carrier’s passengers to connect from Frankfurt to eight cities across Germany.
-
News‘Flight shame’ a factor in Swedish traffic decline
Passenger numbers at Swedish airports declined 4% last year, to around 40 million, from an all-time high the previous year.
-
NewsTUIfly to start German-based 787 operation in Dusseldorf
TUI’s German airline operation has selected Dusseldorf as a base for a planned long-haul operation with Boeing 787s.
-
AnalysisWhy IAG’s outgoing chief will be a tough act to follow
The structure of IAG, with Willie Walsh as chief architect, has arguably given it the strongest foundations among peers.
-
NewsRyanair ups annual profit guidance from €800-900m to €1bn
Ryanair has raised its profit guidance for the year ending 31 March to €1 billion ($1.1 billion), from a previous €800-€90 million, after a last-minute surge in Christmas and New Year bookings.
-
NewsAir Lease chief Plueger praises ‘order-book model’
New or recent entrants to the aircraft leasing marketplace that lack discipline risk becoming buying opportunities for the top handful of lessors, says Air Lease Corporation chief executive John Plueger at the 9 January Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2020 Defense Outlook & Commercial Aerospace Forum in New York. Drawing ...
-
NewsGallego to provide ‘continuity’ as new IAG chief: Bernstein
Iberia boss Luis Gallego’s appointment to succeed Willie Walsh when the IAG chief executive retires later this year has been welcomed by Bernstein analysts, who see him as a “continuity” candidate.
-
NewsGaruda hopeful about return to profitability
Higher yields during 2019 could bring take Garuda Indonesia back into the black.
-
NewsAir freight falls again in November but pressure easing: IATA
IATA’s latest air freight market analysis, which details figures for November 2019, noted that industry-wide freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) dipped by 1.1% year on year. This marked the 13th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in air freight volumes.
-
NewsNorwegian misses zero-capacity-growth goal but ups unit revenue
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian’s 2019 capacity was 1% higher than the previous year despite its pledge of zero growth as part of efforts to return to profitability.
-
NewsHeathrow details path to final third-runway planning application
Heathrow will later this year submit its final planning application for the construction of a third runway, having been forced to delay the expected completion date by a year when the UK’s aviation regulator capped the amount that could be spent in the early phases of the project.
-
NewsGaruda delays fundraising for debt repayment
Garuda Indonesia has delayed plans to raise up to $900 million in funds meant for refinancing its debt.
-
NewsIndiGo parent calls EGM as co-founder seeks to ease share rules
IndiGo Airlines parent Interglobe Aviation has called an extraordinary general meeting for 29 January to consider a proposal by one of its co-founders to amend its articles of association covering rules around the sale and acquisition of shares by its two major shareholders.
-
Airline BusinessHow the airline story unfolded across the last decade
A year-by-year view of some of the key images, stories and themes that helped shape development of the airline industry since 2010 and are setting the agenda as a new decade begins
-
NewsA decade of Airline Business covers
Airline leaders from across the globe – and covering a range of business models – have featured on the cover of Airline Business in the past 10 years. Here are some of the highlights
-
Airline BusinessRising costs may threaten US majors’ profit margins in 2020
Consumer confidence in the US economy and a declining unemployment rate drove demand for air travel in 2019. That was good news for the four major US carriers, but for three of them there was the question of whether they would have the aircraft to meet that rising demand.