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Cathay Pacific
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 104: Better, But Not Good
Revenues and margins improved for Cathay Pacific in the first half of 2018, and the second half is usually better for Cathay. Still, will it be enough to lift the…August 28th, 2018
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Air Canada
Dismay at Cathay Pacific: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 80
Cathay Pacific has seen all its oxygen sucked out of the room by the hyper growth of the Chinese carriers. Is there anything to be done? Sometimes waiting is the…September 5th, 2017
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Alaska Airlines
Virgin Sacrificed: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 70
The merger of Alaska Airlines and Virgin American is now well under way and begs the question: How is the integration taking shape? In a word: rosy. Of course, Alaska…April 11th, 2017
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Asia-Pacific
United on Top: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 62
By just a tenth of a percent, United’s fourth quarter operating profit margin bested that of Delta—and likely that of American, which reports later—making United, for the quarter, No.1 among…January 24th, 2017
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Asia-Pacific
South African Airways Is Troubled: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 57
South African Airways finally published its fiscal year results for the 12 months ending March 2015. Yes, that’s 2015. And the result—a $442m net loss—wasn’t worth the wait. But with…September 27th, 2016
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Asia-Pacific
Turkish Airlines Unique Position: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 31
It’s good to be a Gulf carrier—Gulf carriers are well positioned to connect the whole world. But it might be better to be a near-the-Gulf carrier like Turkish Airlines. Turkish…March 16th, 2016