Madhu Unnikrishnan

The Dallas Miracle

For U.S. airlines, something profound happened in 2014, something that would change the fortune of the industry more than anything else. What was it? Fuel prices plummeted late that year.…
September 16th, 2019 at 2:22 PM EDT
airports

Interview: Las Vegas Airport’s Rosemary Vassiliadis

Rosemary Vassiliadis, director of McCarran International Airport System, leads operations at McCarran and oversees four other airports in southern Nevada. Vassiliadis thinks airlines are flat wrong in their opposition to…
September 12th, 2019 at 2:02 PM EDT

China’s New Reality

During the second quarter of 2019, China’s Big Three state-owned airlines—Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern—all earned profits at the operating level. So did Hainan Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and…
September 9th, 2019 at 1:14 PM EDT
Hawaiian Airlines

Interview: Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram

Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram isn't too worried about increasing competition from U.S. and Japanese carriers on routes to Hawaii. During an an interview with Skift Airline Weekly Editor Madhu…
September 5th, 2019 at 11:53 AM EDT
air baltic

Interview: AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss

AirBaltic was an early adopter of the Airbus A220, back when it was the Bombardier CSeries. The aircraft is perfectly designed for the Baltic carrier's missions, and CEO Martin Gauss…
August 29th, 2019 at 11:52 AM EDT

The Ups and Downs of Europe

After a horrible first quarter, European airlines badly needed a strong second quarter. What they got was a mixed second quarter, with some trends favorable and others adverse.
August 19th, 2019 at 1:22 PM EDT
Airlines

Interview: Christine Ourmieres-Widener

Just before stepping down as CEO of British regional carrier Flybe, Christine Ourmières-Widener took a minute to talk to Skift Airline Weekly at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Seoul.
August 16th, 2019 at 11:03 AM EDT

Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?

They call it the “Lucky Country.” And for good reason. Australia hasn’t experienced an economic recession in almost three decades. But as the nation’s central bank governor warned last week,…
August 12th, 2019 at 12:31 PM EDT

SunExpress CEO Details Plans

Skift Airline Weekly recently talked to Jens Bischof, CEO of SunExpress and SunExpress Germany about the airline's plans for the future, how it relates to its parent companies, Turkish and…
August 5th, 2019 at 2:14 PM EDT