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Global Analysis

The Q2 2024 Earnings Scoreboard

Can you hear the wedding bells? Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are now united in marriage, hoping to forge long-lasting happiness. The Department of Justice opted not to object. The…
Asia-Pacific

Thunder Down Under: Qantas Flexes Its Muscles

Airlines enter the northern autumn season with some wind at their backs: Fuel prices are trending downward, providing welcome cost relief to an industry hit hard by post-pandemic inflation. Interest…
Europe

Jet Who? Why Jet2 is Britain’s Secret Star

Europe’s economy isn’t exactly firing on all cylinders. If anything, it’s the booming inbound tourism sector that’s preventing an outright recession. Yet outbound tourism remains strong too, notably from Germany…
North America

Inflation Frustration: Our Q2 U.S. Airline Review

All major U.S. airlines have now reported their Q2 results, which in the aggregate looked pretty good. But while Alaska, Delta, and United thrived, others encountered more difficulties dealing with…
Latin America

Volaris: Mexico’s Undercapacity Champion

A man on the moon? The fall of the Soviet Union? The Chicago Cubs winning a World Series? Nobody thought these things would happen. Until they did. Now, Southwest is…

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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