Issues

Latin America is no stranger to low-cost airlines. In Brazil, Gol pioneered the concept nearly 20 years ago. In Mexico, Volaris, Interjet and VivaAerobus are all more than 10 years…

Sometimes, it’s what you don’t say that says the most.

A decade ago, in 2008, Southwest and WestJet announced they would soon begin codesharing. The world’s first giant low-cost carrier would be teaming up with its newer, smaller and even…

Should Spirit Airlines be worried? In 2017, America’s largest ultra-low-cost carrier saw its operating costs balloon by 22%, running far ahead of its 16% ASM capacity growth. Revenues, meanwhile, rose…

Congratulations, Paris. You’re now a member of the prestigious 100m club. Last year, the city’s two major airports handled nearly 102m passengers, plus another roughly 4m if you count Beauvais…

And the winner is… Romania.

When Emirates dreams about the good old days, it’s probably thinking of 2010. The giant Gulf carrier had just sailed through the global economic recession. Then it rode the recovery…

After another round of quarterly earnings reports, American and United remain no closer to catching Delta, which is often the world’s most profitable global airline. Is there something structural about…

This is not a false alarm. No, really, this is not a false alarm: A surge in new airline capacity is headed for Hawaii, and Hawaiian Airlines is bracing for…

Is Russia an important airline market? For most global airlines in 2017, the answer was no. But in the world’s largest country by land mass—and ninth largest by population—developments are…