Seth Kaplan

Frontier

Rocky Mountain Ultra Low: Can Frontier Airlines replicate the great success of other ultra-LCCs?

If Southwest is the godfather of low-cost aviation, then Spirit Airlines is its present manifestation, a symbol of what has come to be known as the ultra-low-cost carrier. Put another…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

easyJet

When Pigs Fly: For the airlines of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, the yoke of Europe’s long slump is lifting

It’s not a very flattering term, and it wasn’t intended to be. The four economies of southern Europe—Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, came to be known collectively by the unfortunate…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

All Nippon Airways

Getting Undomesticated: It’s all international for All Nippon as Japan’s largest airline seeks refuge abroad

A domestic-heavy airline, bombarded with a sudden explosion of low-cost shorthaul competition, seeks refuge abroad. If that sounds like a description of how U.S. airlines began to improve their fortunes…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

American

Running Up the Score: Already having a good decade, U.S. airlines keep getting better

Doug Parker, now CEO of American, and as such head of the world’s largest airline, doesn’t for a moment believe that the cyclical nature of the airline business is a…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Allegiant

The Squeeze Play: One of the most important cabin innovations of all involves giving passengers less, not more

If IATA is right, the airlines of the world will once again generate more money than they spend in 2014, which would mark the industry’s fifth straight year of profitability.…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Qantas

The Qantas Quagmire: It’s shaping up to be an awful year for the flying kangaroo

When it comes to making money, Qantas, as a rule, doesn’t dazzle. But nor does it disappoint. Unlike any of the North American legacy carriers, or those in Europe or…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Delta

Close the Door: U.S. carriers, together with their unions, are playing the protectionist card

Keep the doors closed, Air Canada’s chief Calin Rovinescu implied during a recent speech in Vancouver.

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Lufthansa

Leading Lufthansa: Airline Weekly speaks with the outgoing CEO of (still) the world’s largest airline group

It is still, by total company revenues, the largest airline group in the world—even if now (following the American-US Airways merger) by “only” a billion dollars or so annually. And…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

AirAsia

Capacity Audacity in Asia: Carriers across the region, led by LCCs, have their feet firmly on the growth pedal

And you thought you’ve got problems?

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

American

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The top 10 developments in 2013—and what to watch in 2014

Overall, 2013 was the global airline industry’s best year since 2010. There was modest economic growth. Passenger traffic grew strongly. Fuel prices were relatively stable. And cost discipline prevailed. But…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago