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Global Analysis

Diamonds in the Sky: Will the Transatlantic Boom Continue? 

Global Analysis

Diamonds in the Sky: Will the Transatlantic Boom Continue? 

October 2024
38 min read
Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat

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Issue Overview

For America’s Big Three and Europe’s Big Three, there’s been no place sweeter than the North Atlantic. It’s a refuge from LCC harassment, a source of rich premium traffic, a big driver of value for their loyalty plans, a place to deploy cost-efficient widebody planes, and a wellspring of bountiful demand. During 2023 and again in 2024, transatlantic routes shined bright like a diamond. Will they once again, in 2025, be diamonds in the sky?