Seth Kaplan

The third quarter is usually a splendid time for airline profits in Europe, and this year has been no exception. Ryanair is more than surviving its recent bout of operational…

No place symbolizes China’s economic miracle quite like the city of Shenzhen. Often described as a mere fishing village before 1980, it’s today home to some 12m people, with a…

Few expected 17% to be the new norm. That was the U.S. airline industry’s collective operating margin for all of 2015, when just about everything was going right, most importantly…

With most of the U.S. airlines having reported third-quarter earnings, it’s now clear that rising revenues aren’t keeping up with rising costs. While every U.S. airline fell victim to this…

Of the world’s 50 busiest airports in 2016, 16 (or roughly a third) were in fast-growing East Asia. And which of these 16 saw the fastest growth of all?

Despite being dinged by rising costs, Delta opened the third-quarter earnings season with its customary show of strength. Revenues rose 6% on just 2% growth, and it posted a 16%…

Outside Scandinavia, anyway, every European airline that reported financial results for the second quarter posted operating margins that were higher this year than last. It’s just one manifestation of an…

The food scene and the tequila are great in Mexico. The airline industry? Not so much—at least at the moment. Everybody lost money in the first quarter of 2017. In…

Air Canada, as discussed in last week’s Airline Weekly cover story, is among the airline industry’s marquee turnaround stories, joining others like the U.S. Big Three and Japan Airlines. Another…

What’s the greatest airline turnaround story of the past decade? There is no shortage of candidates, from Delta to Japan Airlines to Avianca.