Looking Ahead at 2020


A single year can result in dramatic change within the airline industry, so an entire decade could see it completely transformed. After 10 years of strong profits and relatively stable oil prices in the 2010s, what does the decade ahead hold in store for the U.S. airline industry? Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan (above left) and co-founder and Senior Analyst Jay Shabat (above right) game out what might happen in the next 5–10 years — and whether Boeing ever will build the NMA.

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