Daily Airline News
Delta
Halftime Show, Ups and Downs: Top trends that shaped the first half of 2014 for the world’s airlines
Sadly, the biggest airline news in the first half of 2014 was the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet. But there was plenty of commercial news too, with airlines busily…
Azul
LAN-TAM’s Unscored Goal: South America’s largest airline group looks to regain its groove after post-merger turbulence
Brazilians and Chileans, working together? Hard to believe after watching them at each other’s throats on the football/soccer field this weekend.
American
American’s Destiny: Will the new American be the next Delta? Or the next United?
The $2.9b net profit Delta earned in the 12 months to March 2014 is extraordinary; It’s more than a billion dollars better than any other airline has ever earned in…
Air France
Flight of the Living Dead: Zombie airlines are haunting Europe’s excessively fragmented airline sector
Forget the strike-prone labor unions, the government austerity, the economic doldrums, the high taxation, the overregulation, the expensive airports, the opposition to airport expansion, the wasteful Eurocontrol regime, the heavy…
Air China
C is for Trouble: New airlines, new planes and new capacity promise more yield pressure in China
For a time, U.S. airlines—enjoying the fruits of consolidation, capacity cutting and charging for everything—weren’t alone.
Air Canada
Skating On Thicker Ice: Air Canada is much improved. But it still lags behind most of its high-flying regional peers
Imagine a hockey team that has improved year after year since the start of the decade. Last year was its best season in a long time. And it hopes to…
JetBlue
The Full Minty: JetBlue goes all-out in the transcon war, a war with many LCC victims
On June 15, JetBlue will start its boldest effort yet to succeed in the transcontinental market—or more specifically, the bountiful market between New York and California’s two biggest cities, Los…
Air France
Looks Like a Lion, Smells Like a Skunk: Air France/KLM remains powerful in many ways. So why is it losing so much money?
Think Air France/KLM, and what comes to mind? An airline that prospered during the tumultuous first decade of the 2000s? A globally diversified network second to none? An iconic brand,…
AirAsia
A Perilous Passage to India: Memo to AirAsia and Singapore Airlines: This won’t be easy
To obtain a license to launch, an airline in India needs more bureaucratic approvals than the city Thiruvananthapuram has letters in its name. But lo and behold, AirAsia India—a joint…