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A Lot of ‘Ifs’

August 3, 2020

In this week's feature story, Senior Analyst Jay Shabat takes an in-depth look into the phases of the pandemic for U.S. airlines. We all know the second quarter was awful. But what comes next? What are the next phases of...

A Quarter Everyone Wants to Forget

July 31, 2020

In the Aug. 3, 2020 issue of Airline Weekly, we'll take an in-depth look at the U.S. airline industry's second-quarter results. It's not pretty. As we all know now, the quarter started terribly, with a ghastly April. Airlines were hopeful...

Airbus Orders Plunge

July 30, 2020

Airbus's first-half 2019 results read almost like fantasy fiction now, after looking at the airframer's first-half 2020 results. Then, Airbus was flying high on the strength of its A320 family, the uptake of the A220, and the growing popularity of...

The Pain Continues at Boeing

July 29, 2020

It's been a rough 18 months or so for Boeing. First, regulators grounded the 737 MAX after two fatal accidents. And now Covid has brought its airline customers to the brink of ruin. The company's revenues fell 25% in the...

IATA’s New Numbers are Grim, Grim, Grim

July 28, 2020

IATA got significantly more pessimistic about when the airline industry will recover. Now, the group thinks traffic will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024, a year later than it had previously forecast. Why the grim news? Basically, it's what...

Welcome to AW Daily

July 27, 2020

Welcome to AW Daily. We're launching this new feature on our website. Monday-Friday every week, we'll post the latest news on the airline industry, data snapshots that catch our eye, and highlights from our latest and upcoming issues. Please drop...