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…
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Will Virgin and Alaska Be Happy Together? Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 34
Alaska Airlines clearly wants to be the dominant carrier on the West Coast, and if its purchase of Virgin America goes through, it will have four focus cities—Los Angeles, San…
The Eskimo and the Virgin: Why mess with success? Alaska Airlines thinks buying Virgin America will keep it on top
Aside from its much smaller rival Allegiant, Alaska Airlines was the most profitable airline in the world last year, measured by operating profit margin. That’s right—in the entire world. So…
Is Virgin Merging With Alaska? Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 33
If the U.S. airline market were to see even more consolidation, what kind of effect would it have? That’s one question we consider in a discussion about the possible acquisition…
The French Correction: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 28
What’s it gonna take to fix Air France/KLM? The airline group has a number of problems—from labor inflexibility to a soft French economy—all in a very competitive part of the…
Prosperity’s Ugly Underbelly: It’s the end of revenue strength as we know it, and airlines feel fine
By now it’s clear to all: The dominant theme for U.S. airlines during the springtime second quarter was profitability—immense profitability, driven by much cheaper fuel. In fact, the country’s 10…