American Airlines and Southeast Asia
May 31st, 2024 at 9:15 AM EDT
In part one of this week’s specially extended episode, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat discuss a dramatic few days at American Airlines. In part two, attention turns to Southeast Asia as we discover how some of the region’s biggest carriers are performing.
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Background Reading:
American Airlines Cuts Outlook, Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja to Exit
American Airlines CEO Admits ‘We’ve Dug Ourselves a Hole’
AirAsia Group: Capital A Gets Set to Pull Its Airlines Into One Entity
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