Spanish airport operator Aena handled nearly 243 million passengers last year, or 88.5 percent of 2019 levels, it reported last week. Notably, passenger numbers through its 46 airports in December were at 98 percent of three years earlier. Madrid Barajas,...
Read MoreGreg Foran was dealt no easy task when he took the helm of Air New Zealand on February 3, 2020. New Zealand confirmed its first case of Covid-19 the same month, and closed its borders to all but citizens by...
Read MoreAirbus was again the world's largest aircraft manufacturer in 2022. The planemaker delivered a net 661 commercial aircraft, including an impressive 516 A320neo family models, to operators last year. That compares to 480 aircraft deliveries at Boeing, which faced a...
Read MoreAfter two years of airline industry hell, Delta Air Lines was happy to report that “2022 was a strong year.” It didn’t start that way, with nearly $800 million in first quarter losses — operating margin in the period was...
Read MoreSource: Fleets Analyzer by Cirium — Jay Shabat
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines faces a $725-825 million hit to its pre-tax income in the fourth quarter from its operational meltdown during the year-end holiday season. The Dallas-based carrier disclosed the initial hit last week. In addition to the top line reduction,...
Read MoreThe Chinese government lifted Covid-era travel restrictions on January 8. While international travel demand to the country is expected to surge, airline schedules will take some time to recover, including in the big U.S.-China market. Air China, American, Delta, Hainan Airlines,...
Read MoreIt’s 2023, and most of the least recovered airline markets are still found within East Asia. Hong Kong’s scheduled seat departures are 63 percent fewer this quarter than they were in the first quarter of 2019, according to Diio by...
Read MoreThe number of flights to Greece grew from 2019 to 2022, but most countries have yet to fully recover. Source: Eurocontrol — Jay Shabat
Read MoreLos Angeles International Airport is moving forward with two long anticipated terminal expansions aimed at boosting capacity ahead of the 2028 Olympics at one of the busiest airports in the U.S. The nine-gate Concourse 0, an eastern extension of Terminal 1, and...
Read MoreUnited Chief Financial Officer Gerry Laderman once said that an airline could buy a plane tailored to a few routes in its network but, if that is the case, it should not buy said plane. The better bet was to purchase an aircraft that...
Read MoreCanadian leisure airline Transat, which had a pre-pandemic deal to merge with Air Canada, ultimately remained independent (European competition regulators didn’t like the idea). The pandemic itself was of course greatly damaging to its business. But conditions are much better...
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