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Frontier
Frontier’s IPO: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?
In this week's episode, Airline Weekly colleagues Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan get into why going public may not be the craziest idea of an airline, despite the once-in-a-century…March 12th, 2021
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Frontier
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 106: Not So Sunny at Sun Country
Sun Country is largely missing out on the golden age that U.S. carriers have been basking in since 2015. In the past 12 months (ending with the second quarter, the…October 4th, 2018
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Air France
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 100: Frontier’s Wild Ride
Frontier Airlines has had one of the most topsy-turvy histories of any airline, and its first-quarter earnings report was no exception. Sporting a wild animal on each tail, the airline…July 3rd, 2018
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Allegiant
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 95: Cost Creep at Delta
For a second straight year, Delta’s operating profit margin has fallen year-over-year in the first quarter. The reason for the decline, once again, is rising costs. The good news: Rising…April 17th, 2018
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Delta
SAS Spells Success: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 88
Just a few years ago, the often-troubled SAS was merely inches away from seeing its light burn out permanently. Since then the airline has rallied. This past October the airline…January 10th, 2018
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Aeromexico
Whoa, Mexico! Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 82
The food scene and the tequila are great in Mexico. The airline industry? Not so much—at least at the moment. Everybody lost money in the first quarter of 2017. In…October 4th, 2017
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Alaska
The United Weigh: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 78
United is still trailing its peers, but can it catch up? That’s the question we weigh first in this episode. In the second quarter, American Airlines bested United with a…August 1st, 2017
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Europe
Around and Around: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 60
SAS has tried and tried to turn itself around, but to no avail—at least judging by its recent earnings report. In fact, on profits alone, the airline’s third quarter was…January 10th, 2017
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Asia-Pacific
South African Airways Is Troubled: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 57
South African Airways finally published its fiscal year results for the 12 months ending March 2015. Yes, that’s 2015. And the result—a $442m net loss—wasn’t worth the wait. But with…September 27th, 2016
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Frontier
Frontier Airlines CEO Interview: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 56
Because Frontier Airlines is a non-publicly-traded carrier (which, for one thing, means it doesn’t have earnings calls), it’s all the more interesting to interview the airline's CEO Barry Biffle. Of…September 20th, 2016
