Daily Airline News

The Silent Killer: Foreign exchange volatility inflicting revenue and cost pain across the industry

For one airline after another—in geographies as diverse as Brazil and Australia, India and Hawaii, Japan and Europe—a silent killer is on the loose. This time it’s not fuel, the…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Alaska Airlines

Labor’s Day U.S. airlines are thriving, and so are their workers. Is that a problem?

Ten years ago, in the fall of 2003, the U.S. airline industry was in crisis. The fallout from the 9/11 attacks hadn’t fully dissipated. The U.S. economy was just emerging…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

VietJet

Pho-nominal: Vietnam’s economy is cooling. But its airline industry is still hot and spicy

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Ryanair

Celtic Comeback: Darkness Gives Way to Light in Ireland

Ryanair wields perhaps the harshest stick in the entire global airline industry. But the carrot can be just as dramatic.

Jason Clampet and Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Delta

United Under Attack: America’s Largest Airline Remains Troubled

Touting two new markets last week, United released a statement that, well, sounded like any other: “We look forward to giving travelers in Atlanta convenient access to this country’s best…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago

Virgin Australia

On the Virg of Crisis: Virgin Australia runs into trouble as a multitude of strategic shareholders vie for influence

In 2005, the government of struggling Samoa decided its taxpayers had more pressing needs than endless subsidies for state-owned Polynesian Airlines. So Samoa accepted an offer from a promising and…

Seth Kaplan | 11 years ago