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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

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?