Daily Airline News

North America

Delta’s Premium Power

First quarter earnings season is now underway, with Delta as usual ringing the opening bell. The esteemed airline from Atlanta again delivered strong profits, aided some by lower fuel prices…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 5 months ago

China

China’s Missing Market

IATA, in a press release last week, made it perfectly clear that the Covid era is over. “In February 2024,” it stated, “the airline industry achieved full recovery in total…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 5 months ago

India

An A.I. Revolution for India? 

Is Air India on course to revolutionize its country’s airline industry, and its economy? There might just be an A.I. revolution underway. IndiGo, too, and a young upstart named Akasa,…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 6 months ago

Global Airports

A New Quarter Beckons

Time is not the only thing that’s flying. We’ve now just about reached the second quarter of 2024, and airlines worldwide are planning an 8% increase in seat capacity versus…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 6 months ago

Lufthansa’s Lufthansa Problem

The Lufthansa Group is trying to field a championship football squad. But the team captain isn’t playing well. Its name is Lufthansa. What’s wrong with the German airline, and can…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 6 months ago

North America

Dis-AAdvantaged

American Airlines has got problems. There’s no disputing that. It shows in its lagging margins. But does it have solutions?

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 6 months ago

Latin America

The South American Airline Paradox

Pity the airlines of South America. So many bankruptcies and near bankruptcies. Must be an awful market. 

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 7 months ago

North America

Canada Goosed

Air Canada has just delivered its best year since 2015 and is now one of the region's most profitable airlines. Will the good times last? We probe this question and…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 7 months ago

Middle East

Jazz Funk: Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways Hits A Rough Patch

In this week’s edition, the Gulf Middle East takes center stage with a profile of Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways. Though rather small, Jazeera’s difficulties with overcapacity are afflicting carriers of all…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 7 months ago

Global Airports

Welcome to Club 50 Million

They’re yellow. They’re black. An airport full of Spirit airplanes kind of looks like a swarm of bumblebees. Well, the airline’s investors were stung with a nasty net loss in…

Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat | 7 months ago