Covid Crisis 2020

Covid Crisis 2020: The Latest

IATA, on March 31, gave another update to its description of what the Covid-19 pandemic is doing to the world’s airlines. This time, it emphasized the industry’s cash crisis, following its previous week’s assessment that airlines will see their 2020...

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Issue No. 762

'Aviation's Darkest Hour'

The questions are more numerous than the answers. Will warm weather stunt the spread of Covid-19? Can victims be re-infected? When, if ever, can the world produce and administer a vaccine? How fast before the population develops herd immunity? Can…

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Issue No. 889

Dutch Dilemma

What do airlines and Taylor Swift have in common? Their tickets are exceedingly expensive right now.   High-priced tickets are good news for the airline industry, currently underpinned by strong demand and tight supply, even beyond the current holiday season....

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Issue No. 888

Frontier Confidence

Let’s describe current airline industry conditions in just four words: Demand great, supply constrained. Or perhaps you prefer: Revenues strong, costs rising. The point is, airlines around the world are filling their planes and collecting handsome fares. But they’re also...

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Issue No. 887

Turkey’s Rising Star

It’s Turkey time. Not the bird, the country. Turkish Airlines and its low-cost rival Pegasus are giving thanks for an astounding set of summertime financial and operational achievements, earning monstrously large profit margins while growing capacity by double digits from...

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