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Does SAS Really Need 40 A330neos?
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (165+ words) Airline Weekly With new investment from Air France-KLM Group, it looks like SAS' new owners have big plans for the Scandi carrier and specifically its Copenhagen hub. - How do the strategies of SAS and Air New Zealand compare given their…...
Is Las Vegas Out of Luck?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (182+ words) Airline Weekly - Which U. S. market is trending upward as Las Vegas declines? - How much of the Las Vegas dip is attributable to Spirit Airlines' reduced capacity? - What specifically is driving the six percent drop in Las Vegas air traffic? Select a…...
Inside the Minds of America's Airline CEOs
3+ week, 6+ day ago (127+ words) Airline Weekly Gordon and Jay decode the most revealing CEO commentary from the Bernstein investor conference " what executives signaled about capacity, consolidation, and the months ahead. Then they look forward to the IATA AGM, one of the aviation industry's biggest…...
Nobody Wants to Buy Jet Blue (And Other Confessions)
1+ mon, 23+ hour ago (198+ words) U. S. airline consolidation chatter is deafening. But it might be much talk about nothing. At last week's Bernstein investor conference, airline CEOs poured cold water on the speculation. United's Scott Kirby called the economics of buying Jet Blue "mathematically close to…...
Easy Jet's Tricky Quarter and Atlanta's Crown
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (67+ words) Airline Weekly A rough quarter for easy Jet has the numbers telling a stark story. In part one, Gordon and Jay dig into a -27% operating margin and the missteps, market pressures, and industry dynamics behind it. In part two, they…...
The Airline Europe Wrote Off " and Shouldn't Have
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1808+ words) Iberia has quietly become one of the world's most profitable airlines " its 16. 4% operating margin now rivals Ryanair, completing a decade-plus turnaround from near-Alitalia-level dysfunction. Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat, cover two carriers in depth in this episode of the Airline…...
The Profit Gap Splitting U. S. Airlines
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (161+ words) Airline Weekly If you decline, your information won't be tracked when you visit this website. A single cookie will be used in your browser to remember your preference not to be tracked. Gordon sits down with Skift airlines reporter Meghna…...
Spirit Airlines: The Post-Mortem
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1900+ words) Spirit Airlines is gone, and on this Airline Weekly Lounge we unpack how runaway costs killed the carrier, who's next in the crosshairs, and why no new ULCC is coming to take its place. This transcript is generated by artificial…...
Who Will Lead IATA Next?
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1899+ words) The aviation industry is navigating a turbulent stretch of leadership upheaval, fuel cost pressures, and strategic overreach, with Willie Walsh's surprise move to Indi Go and Alaska Airlines' Hawaii-Mexico drag serving as the clearest signals of an industry in flux....
An Aviation Crisis " with a Twist
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1879+ words) Jet fuel has doubled, demand hasn't blinked " welcome to the aviation crisis where only half the industry is suffering. In part one, Gordon and Jay unpack a whirlwind few days for the global airline industry, including fresh insights on jet…...