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Airlines Face Major Business Disruptions From Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Global airlines could face severe disruptions from Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that could escalate if the West and Moscow volley sanctions at one another.February 24th, 2022
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After Winter Must Come Spring
"We are now past the inflection point," Air Lease Corp. Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy said last week. By the lessor's reckoning, CEO John Plueger noted, the inflection point occurred some…February 22nd, 2022
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What Will Business Travel Look Like This Year?
This week, Accenture's Emily Weiss, global travel lead, and Scott Davidson, managing director-travel industry, talk to host Madhu Unnikrishnan about how different business travel may look when it returns. If…February 18th, 2022
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AirAsia Plans to Add 100 Air Taxis to Ridesharing Platform
Capital A, the company formerly known as AirAsia, is jumping on the electric air taxi bandwagon with an order for up to 100 of the aircraft for its ridesharing platform…February 16th, 2022
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Airbus Predicts Return of Strong Asia-Pacific Demand Post-Pandemic
The Asia-Pacific region will get past its current doldrums and return to leading the world in air transport growth. The region will need 17,620 new aircraft by 2040, Airbus predicts…February 14th, 2022
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That Frontier Spirit
One of the most popular airline-industry parlor games (yes, we've heard there are such things) is which two airlines would be the next dominoes to fall in U.S. airline consolidation.…February 14th, 2022
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The ULCC Shakeup
Big news in the U.S. ultra-low-cost-carrier market this week, as Spirit and Frontier announced their plans to merge. Meanwhile, Allegiant's long-serving CEO Maury Gallagher, who helmed one of the most…February 11th, 2022
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Mesa Airlines CEO Blames Regulators For Pilot Shortage
Mesa Air Group CEO Jonathan Ornstein blasted U.S. requirements that pilots have 1,500 of flight experience before they can take the helm of a commercial aircraft and argued for lawmakers…February 10th, 2022
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Freight Forward
These indeed are remarkable times. In the span of a few months, the world has two new freighter variants, the Airbus A350F, launched late last year, and now the Boeing…February 7th, 2022
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Where Will Ryanair Put Its ‘Gamechangers?’
Boeing hinted it would launch a new aircraft, and it did: The 777-8F, a freighter variant of its 777X program. Launch customer Qatar Airways put in an order for up…February 4th, 2022