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North America

Air Canada’s New Frontiers

The new year is here and airlines have much to be thankful for. The industry enjoyed robust profitability in 2024—by its own lowly standards anyway. Demand was strong. Supply was…
Asia-Pacific

Good Times in Taiwan

Can you feel the holiday cheer? America’s low-cost carriers can. Southwest, JetBlue, and Frontier all gave bullish updates last week, making clear that the industry’s supply and demand balance has…
Asia-Pacific

Bad Luck Run Amok: The Air New Zealand Story

Americans didn’t just eat turkey this Thanksgiving. They traveled. According to the TSA, U.S. airports were expecting to screen about 18 million people between Tuesday (Nov 26th) and Monday (Dec…
North America

Eleven Sent: Spirit Files for Bankruptcy

It’s the question everyone’s been asking for more than a year now: Will Spirit Airlines, a profit superstar before the pandemic, file for bankruptcy? Now we have the answer: Yes. 
Skift Aviation Forum

5 Takeaways From the Skift Aviation Forum 2024

Barbecue. Big Hats. Big Oil. The Cowboys. Here’s something else that Dallas is known for: Its airlines. American is based there. So is Southwest. It wasn’t too long ago that…

Skift Travel 200 Aviation Performance

The Skift Travel 200 combines the financial performance of nearly 200 travel companies worth more than a trillion dollars into a single number. The ST200 makes it easy to track travel industry performance for the first time ever.

What am I looking at? The performance of the airlines sub-sectors within the ST200

How to read this chart: The airlines sector can be further divided into sub-sectors. This chart shows how each of these segments has performed relative to one another and helps us understanding what is driving broader airlines performance.

Learn more about the ST200 by reading our full methodology.

Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast

March 2023

The Challenge With Long-Haul, Low-Cost Airlines

An in-depth analysis of the challenges encountered by the long-haul, low-cost business model, which has struggled to gain momentum and has seen several airline failures. Despite targeting lucrative international markets, the business model has encountered significant obstacles.

December 2023

Modern Airline Retailing and Airline Distribution

The noticeable acceleration in the implementation of distribution changes in recent years has placed airlines in a favorable position, granting them greater autonomy over their inventory and reducing their reliance on Travel Management Companies (TMCs) compared to the past.

October 2023

U.S. Heavyweights in 20 Charts: Delta vs United vs American

When comparing Delta, United, and American Airlines, which operate in similar markets with comparable business models and market shares, are there any particular metrics that highlight an edge one airline has over the others? Interestingly, there are.

Skift Aviation Forum

Watch complete sessions from Skift Aviation Forum, held in Fort Worth, TX in November 2023.

View more sessions on YouTube.

Jeff Knittel, Chairman and CEO, Airbus Americas, Inc. spoke with Sarah Kopit, Editor-in-Chief, Skift
Steven Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman of the Board at Air Lease Corporation, spoke with Brian Sumers, Founder and Editor of The Airline Observer

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