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Airlines
Australian Airline Bonza Cancels All Flights Leaving Thousands of Passengers Stranded
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Airbus
Volotea: The Biggest Low-Cost Airline You’ve Never Heard Of
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Airbus
Spain’s Tourism Protests Are Also About Affordable Housing
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Air China
China’s New Plane Wins Two Big Orders: Should Airbus and Boeing Be Worried?
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Airline Research
1The Challenge With Long-Haul, Low-Cost Airlines
2Modern Airline Retailing and the Evolution of Airline Distribution
3U.S. Heavyweights in 20 Charts: Delta vs United vs American
Skift Live
Skift India Summit Highlights
Air India CEO on Global Connections
Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast
Skift Travel 200 Aviation Performance
The Skift Travel 200 combines the financial performance of nearly 200 travel companies worth more than a trillion dollars into a single number. The ST200 makes it easy to track travel industry performance for the first time ever.
What am I looking at? The performance of the airlines sub-sectors within the ST200
How to read this chart: The airlines sector can be further divided into sub-sectors. This chart shows how each of these segments has performed relative to one another and helps us understanding what is driving broader airlines performance.
Learn more about the ST200 by reading our full methodology.
March 2024
The Challenge With Long-Haul, Low-Cost Airlines
An in-depth analysis of the challenges encountered by the long-haul, low-cost business model, which has struggled to gain momentum and has seen several airline failures. Despite targeting lucrative international markets, the business model has encountered significant obstacles.
December 2023
Modern Airline Retailing and Airline Distribution
The noticeable acceleration in the implementation of distribution changes in recent years has placed airlines in a favorable position, granting them greater autonomy over their inventory and reducing their reliance on Travel Management Companies (TMCs) compared to the past.
April 2024
The Opportunity for Long-Haul, Low-Cost Airlines
We explore why there’s a real opportunity for low-cost airlines to foray into long-haul operations profitably. Our analysis includes the financial performance of low-cost airlines in the U.S. that have recently started operations over the Atlantic.
Airline News Headlines
North America
JetBlue and Volaris In Focus
North America
United’s Fascinating First Quarter
Delta Air Lines
Why Delta’s Flying High
Low-Cost Airlines
Low-Cost, Long-Haul Challenges
Ryanair
The Michael O’Leary Interview
Global Airports
High Flyers and Terminal Declines
Europe
The Lufthansa Problem
North America
American Airlines Fights Back
Europe
IAG Earnings in the Spotlight
Megatrends
Megatrends 2024: Supply Chains and Climate Change
Skift Aviation Forum
Watch complete sessions from Skift Aviation Forum, held in Fort Worth, TX in November 2023.
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Jeff Knittel, Chairman and CEO, Airbus Americas, Inc. spoke with Sarah Kopit, Editor-in-Chief, Skift
Steven Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman of the Board at Air Lease Corporation, spoke with Brian Sumers, Founder and Editor of The Airline Observer
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