Articles tagged “Europe”

Edward Russell and Jay Shabat discuss the latest Airline Weekly profit rankings for the second quarter. Plus, the latest developments at Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific.

Thumb through an airline map from the 1970s or 1980s and something is immediately striking: The web of short routes feeding major hubs is deep. Stauning, Denmark? Terre Haute, Indiana?…

There was one thing in common across Air France-KLM, IAG, and JetBlue in the second quarter: Transatlantic travel demand is booming. That helped lift the first two to impressive profits.…

JetBlue Airways was always going to lose some revenue by ending its alliance with American Airlines in the northeastern U.S. The hit, disclosed Tuesday, is big and will cut the…

AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, does not see the commercial aircraft shortage ending anytime soon, even as demand for aviation assets remains robust.

Both Ryanair and Alaska Airlines reported some decline in yields in the second quarter and continuing into the third. But they also made clear: Overall travel demand remains robust on…

Air France-KLM is talking to Apollo Global Management about raising funds to improve its balance sheet, in a deal that would involve spinning off its loyalty plan into a new entity.…

Icelandair posted record profits off booming transatlantic travel in the second quarter. But the rest of the year may not be as rosy with CEO Bogi Nils Bogason warning of…

Norse Atlantic Airways President Charles Duncan is optimistic, if nothing else, about the longhaul low-cost airline's future. But even with some summer profits under its belt, he and his team…

LOT Polish, Poland’s national airline, claims to have earned a 8.3 billion Polish zloty ($26 million) net profit last year. The result marks a return to profitability after two years…