Daily Airline News

When it comes to attracting attention, Boost rules the roost. That’s the new lower-cost airline Air France is creating, with great fanfare, to cut losses on longhaul and shorthaul routes…

Do U.S. airlines have cost concerns? You’d better believe it. Last quarter, the industry saw its operating expenses swell 11%, far above its 2% increase in revenues.

Is LATAM a loser? An untrained observer might jump to that conclusion after its four consecutive years of net losses. From 2011 through 2015, Latin America’s largest airline accumulated $676m…

Economically speaking, it’s not a flattering comparison. But the island of Puerto Rico can’t escape the resemblance: It’s the Greece of North America.

Is this finally the end for Italy’s long-suffering national airline?

Last year, according to IATA, India’s domestic airline market, measured by revenue passenger kilometers, grew a sensational 23%—and that’s after growing 20% the year before. And what is all this…

The U.S. market, long fragmented, is now consolidated. The European market, still fragmented, is becoming more consolidated. But East Asia? It has never been more fragmented.

In the giant U.S. airline market, small planes play a big role. Just how big? Regional carriers—including those wholly owned by larger carriers— operate more than 40% of all U.S.…

Last year wasn’t pleasant for Gulf carriers. Nor was it a good year for Cathay Pacific. Lufthansa and Air France/KLM certainty had their share of headaches in Europe. Singapore Airlines…

In the summer of 2009, during the thick of America’s Great Recession, The Economist compared the divergent economic fortunes of the country’s two largest states: California was hurting, and Texas…