Issues

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…

Brazilians and Chileans, working together? Hard to believe after watching them at each other’s throats on the football/soccer field this weekend.

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…

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…

For a time, U.S. airlines—enjoying the fruits of consolidation, capacity cutting and charging for everything—weren’t alone.

Imagine a hockey team that has improved year after year since the start of the decade. Last year was its best season in a long time. And it hopes to…

On June 15, JetBlue will start its boldest effort yet to succeed in the transcontinental market—or more specifically, the bountiful market between New York and California’s two biggest cities, Los…

Think Air France/KLM, and what comes to mind? An airline that prospered during the tumultuous first decade of the 2000s? A globally diversified network second to none? An iconic brand,…

To obtain a license to launch, an airline in India needs more bureaucratic approvals than the city Thiruvananthapuram has letters in its name. But lo and behold, AirAsia India—a joint…

Nothing seems to stop the vastly restructured U.S. airline industry from piling on profits—not an off-peak period, not an Easter date shift, not a new set of pilot regulations, not…