Europe Unleashed: For airlines, many of the region’s toughest structural challenges are easing

Europe Unleashed: For airlines, many of the region’s toughest structural challenges are easing

October 2017
1 min read
Seth Kaplan

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Outside Scandinavia, anyway, every European airline that reported financial results for the second quarter posted operating margins that were higher this year than last. It’s just one manifestation of an industry escaping many of its toughest structural challenges, from economic stagnation to over-fragmentation to capacity threats from overseas. Here’s a look at some of the key trends and forces currently shaping Europe’s brightening skies: