Edward Russell

Asia-Pacific

Air New Zealand Prepares for New Competition from Qantas and Delta

Air New Zealand had the nonstop market between Auckland and New York all to itself for all of five months last year. Then, as a precursor to its own nonstop…

January 17th, 2023 at 2:38 PM EST

Air New Zealand CEO on the Kiwi Comeback

Are airlines seeing any signs that extremely strong demand is weakening? It’s something everyone’s closely watching for as carriers begin reporting their fourth quarter results. Delta kicked things off on…

January 17th, 2023 at 12:30 AM EST

North America

Delta CEO Wants Politics Out of FAA Funding Following Outage

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian made a call to action for more funding and investment in the U.S. air traffic control system after an outage Wednesday disrupted more than…

January 13th, 2023 at 2:27 PM EST

North America

Airline Pulleys and Levers

Welcome to fourth quarter airline earnings season. Oil prices have come down from the peak of the year but labor costs are climbing as the system of pulleys and levers…

January 13th, 2023 at 11:36 AM EST

Asia-Pacific

Australian Airline Startup Bonza Set to Take Flight as First New National Carrier in Years

Discount carrier Bonza has received approval from Australian authorities to begin revenue passenger flights, clearing the way for the country's first new national carrier in more than a decade.

January 12th, 2023 at 11:31 AM EST

North America

U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Seeks Root Cause of Issue That Disrupted 10,000 Flights

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said his agency is "pivoting" to understand the causes of a system issue that temporarily halted all U.S. domestic flights on Wednesday.

January 11th, 2023 at 2:53 PM EST

North America

American Airlines Made the Wrong Bet by Doubling Regional Pilot Pay: Analyst

American Airlines may be regretting its decision last year to unilaterally hike regional pilot pay to historically high levels, according to Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth.

January 10th, 2023 at 11:44 AM EST

The German Exception

Southwest has long been viewed as the gold standard for airline customer service. But not this time. For the airline and millions of its passengers, 2022 ended in misery. Dallas-based…

January 9th, 2023 at 12:30 AM EST

Europe

Southwest’s Holiday Debacle

Southwest Airlines had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad holiday season. The cancellation of 15,000-plus flights between Christmas and New Years will weigh on its fourth quarter results, but consumers'…

January 6th, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST

Asia-Pacific

Geopolitics Get in Way of Resuming U.S.-China Flights as Demand Surges

The Chinese government will lift Covid-era travel restrictions this weekend, on January 8. While international travel demand to the country is expected to surge, airline schedules will take some time…

January 6th, 2023 at 10:58 AM EST