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North America
United’s New York Distress Shows how Weather Can Royally Mess Up an Airline’s Operations
It's been a terrible, horrible, very bad, no good week to be flying in or out of the New York City area. Severe weather last weekend, coupled with a shortage…June 29th, 2023
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North America
Delta Sees ‘Gangbusters’ Recovery, Downplays Industry Concerns
Business looks good to the folks at Delta Air Lines. The carrier has raised its financial outlook for the year, and CEO Ed Bastian sees "years" of favorable travel demand…June 27th, 2023
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Paris Airshow Shopping
The biannual Paris Airshow was back, two years after Covid caused its cancellation. IndiGo made a splash with another giant Airbus narrowbody order. Its re-energized rival Air India confirmed an…June 26th, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
India’s Airlines Go Shopping in Paris
Indian airlines IndiGo and Air India grabbed headlines with orders at the Paris Airshow this week. Can the country support all of their planned growth? Edward Russell and Jay Shabat…June 23rd, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
Cathay Pacific is Back in the Black But Its Slow Recovery Worries Some
The fortunes of Cathay Pacific Airways are on the upswing with the carrier's financial forecast firmly in the black after years of Covid losses.June 23rd, 2023
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North America
Alaska Airlines CEO: No Small Cities Face Axe – Yet
Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci is confident that the carrier will continue serving all of the small cities in its network for the foreseeable future, despite a worsening shortage of…June 21st, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
IndiGo’s Giant Airbus Order Will Test Its and India’s International Aviation Ambitions
Indian airlines are on an aircraft ordering spree. IndiGo, the country's largest airline, picked up a cool 500 new Airbus A320neo family planes at the Paris Airshow Monday, just beating…June 20th, 2023
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Can Kenya Airways Survive on Its Own?
Another month or so now before the start of second quarter earnings season. But first, the Paris Airshow. Airlines and others in the aviation world will gather in the French…June 20th, 2023
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North America
Spirit Proposes Alternate Plan for Long-Distance Flights at Washington’s National Airport
Spirit Airlines has a plan that could get it access to Washington's Reagan National Airport along with other budget carriers that have little or no presence at the sought-after D.C.…June 19th, 2023
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North America
The Brains Behind Air Canada’s Network
Air Canada is flying double-daily high-density Boeing 777s — its equivalent of an Airbus A380 as Mark Galardo put it — to Athens this summer to meet some of the…June 16th, 2023