Daily Airline News
Better Than Great: U.S. airlines are running up the score on profits; revenues are raining down from everywhere
U.S. airlines aren’t just earning big profits. They’re earning bigger profits, bigger with each successive year. Consider this: In the second quarter of 2011, the industry collectively managed a 6%…
A Boom with No Local Heroes: Air traffic in Taiwan is booming. So why aren’t Taiwanese airlines prospering?
Amid the darkness, there is light. In Taiwan, last week’s TransAsia crash breached the airline industry’s supreme mandate: safety above all. But away from the fog of disaster is a…
The Polish Vortex: LCCs love it. But why does populous, prospering Poland lack major aviation heft?
The European Union’s five most populous countries—Germany, France, the U.K., Italy and Spain—are home to all but one of the continent’s top 10 airports (Amsterdam is the exception). This makes…
Halftime Show, Ups and Downs: Top trends that shaped the first half of 2014 for the world’s airlines
Sadly, the biggest airline news in the first half of 2014 was the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet. But there was plenty of commercial news too, with airlines busily…
LAN-TAM’s Unscored Goal: South America’s largest airline group looks to regain its groove after post-merger turbulence
Brazilians and Chileans, working together? Hard to believe after watching them at each other’s throats on the football/soccer field this weekend.
American’s Destiny: Will the new American be the next Delta? Or the next United?
The $2.9b net profit Delta earned in the 12 months to March 2014 is extraordinary; It’s more than a billion dollars better than any other airline has ever earned in…
Flight of the Living Dead: Zombie airlines are haunting Europe’s excessively fragmented airline sector
Forget the strike-prone labor unions, the government austerity, the economic doldrums, the high taxation, the overregulation, the expensive airports, the opposition to airport expansion, the wasteful Eurocontrol regime, the heavy…
C is for Trouble: New airlines, new planes and new capacity promise more yield pressure in China
For a time, U.S. airlines—enjoying the fruits of consolidation, capacity cutting and charging for everything—weren’t alone.