SkyWest Returns to Hiring as It Anticipates Strong Summer Demand
U.S. regional carrier SkyWest will resume hiring pilots in the second quarter as it gets ready for what it expects to be a hot summer for the airline industry as…
Madhu Unnikrishnan
Introducing a New Airline Weekly Subscriber Benefit
Over the last couple of years we've changed the way we deliver Airline Weekly in order to make it more accessible in more places to more readers. Today, we're launching…
Who's Right: Kirby or Kelly?
United CEO Scott Kirby says business travel is coming back, while Southwest CEO Gary Kelly says it could take years? Who's right? Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan and Airlines Reporter Edward "Ned"…
A Battered Boeing Pegs an Airline Recovery for 2023 at the Earliest
Echoing many of his peers at airlines, Boeing CEO David Calhoun thinks this year will be an "inflection point" for the manufacturer, as it seeks to iron out its production…
Hawaiian Airlines Still Waiting for Interisland, International Networks to Recover
Hawaiian Airlines is starting to see "more rays of sunshine than dark clouds," CEO Peter Ingram said, as travel restrictions in its home state ease and tourists from the mainland…
Volaris Discovers Good and Bad From Mexico's Looser Travel Restrictions
The recovery has been a bit of a roller-coaster ride for even industry outperformers like Volaris, which is seeing its March and April capacity spike after falling significantly at the…
A Hot Summer for U.S. Airlines?
To hear U.S. airline executives tell it, the summer ahead could be a bonanza, as travelers cooped up at home during the pandemic take to the airways in huge numbers.…
Europe's Low-Cost Carriers Eye Fall for Recovery
In a marked contrast from their U.S. counterparts, the heads of three of Europe's largest low-cost carriers (LCCs) are only cautiously optimistic about the upcoming summer travel season. While most…
Is Your Airline a Pollyanna or Cassandra?
We're in the thick of U.S. airline first-quarter earnings, and executives almost across the board are optimistic that the industry has turned the corner. But is that optimism misplaced? Brazil, after…
Canada Stops Short of Direct Airline Aid in Federal Budget
Canada's federal budget, delivered to Parliament this week by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, offered the country's struggling airlines a half-step toward aid without directly funding the industry.…