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Of Europe’s “Big Three” airline groups, International Airlines Group (IAG) continues to significantly outperform the other two, namely Air France/KLM and Lufthansa Group. A big part of IAG’s success is simply British Airways’ coveted slot portfolio at Heathrow. But it didn’t hurt that pretty much everything else is working too. Still, Lufthansa navigated a difficult […]
In a deep-dive look last month, Airline Weekly explained the magic of Aer Lingus, an Irish carrier bringing smiles to its parent company IAG. But Aer Lingus is far from the only thing going right at Europe’s most successful intercontinental airline group. On the contrary, IAG’s success cuts across its multiple airlines. In its own […]
For U.S. airlines in the peak third quarter, y/y revenue growth (8%) comfortably exceeded capacity growth (5%). But that wasn’t enough to lift the industry’s profit margins, which dropped again y/y as total operating costs outgrew both, rising 12%. No matter how successful carriers were in raising fares, charging new fees and squeezing more yield […]
American Airlines truly set itself apart from its peers in the third quarter—and not in a good way. AA posted a dismal 7.5% operating profit margin, nearly half of Delta’s 13.9% margin. But, with good reason, management remains optimistic. United, on the other hand, has plenty to smile about right now as it offset 100% […]
The good news for Brazil’s newly-elected president Jair Bolsonaro: In 2017, the economy grew, after two years of deep contraction. The bad news? Growth was a mere 1%. And this year, according to the IMF, growth will accelerate only slightly. Why, then, is airline seat capacity in São Paulo growing so fast? Among the world’s […]
