Aeromexico is eager to add new U.S. flights and destinations and resume its close partnership with Delta Air Lines, all of which were key elements of its Chapter 11 restructuring that concluded last year. But it can do none of...
Read MoreBusiness is good for airlines, except where it's not. That was the word in the halls and meeting rooms of the industry's largest annual gathering, the IATA Annual General Meeting, this week. The organization has upped its airline financial outlook...
Read MoreEmirates President Tim Clark called for the airline industry to "do better" and put more money towards the development of sustainable aviation fuels as part of the global push to decarbonize commercial aviation. "If we rely on government, if we...
Read MoreA delay to the plan by Turkish Airlines to acquire 600 new aircraft has not dampened its ambitious growth objectives, including an intention to add numerous new destinations around the world and spin off budget subsidiary Anadolujet. The Star Alliance...
Read MoreJapan's All Nippon Airways has seen a jump in passengers traveling between the U.S. and China as geopolitical tension keeps nonstop flights between the two countries at historic lows. ANA is seeing "new demand" from travelers who transit its Tokyo...
Read MoreKLM and other airlines will head back to court later in June to face off again with the government of the Netherlands over its proposed flight cuts at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. A Dutch court is scheduled to hear an appeal...
Read MoreLufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr is confident in financial gains within two years of the pending acquisition of Italy's ITA Airways, despite the carrier's history of losses. "Whenever the closing is, then the clock starts ticking and then [in two...
Read MoreAmerican Airlines CEO Robert Isom had a good week. Fourteen months after taking the top spot, the airline raised financial guidance after a busy Memorial Day weekend when American did not cancel a single mainline flight. What's more, two weeks...
Read MoreThe company that owns AirAsia, Capital A, posted a $6 million net profit in the first quarter. Detailed financial results for just the airline were not disclosed, other than $500 million in revenue and roughly $115 million in earnings before...
Read MoreDwindling air service to small cities across the U.S. is the result of changing airline economics, and not just the pilot shortage airlines face, long-time industry analyst William Swelbar said Wednesday. "This is all about economics ... it really is...
Read MoreQantas to Paris? Jetstar to Manila? Both are markets that the Qantas Group could serve by the end of the decade as it sets its sights on profitable new growth opportunities with the hundred-plus new planes it has on order....
Read MoreAirline Weekly subscribers now get access to our first airline research report on the Skift Research website. This is now available to both Skift Research and Airline Weekly subscribers. Skift Research's latest report presents its 2023-2024 U.S. passenger airline market...
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