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AirAsia
A Perilous Passage to India: Memo to AirAsia and Singapore Airlines: This won’t be easy
To obtain a license to launch, an airline in India needs more bureaucratic approvals than the city Thiruvananthapuram has letters in its name. But lo and behold, AirAsia India—a joint…May 12th, 2014 at 1:57 PM EDT
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densification
A Quarter of Questions: Why is United blighted, and other key questions arising from America’s Q1 earnings season
Nothing seems to stop the vastly restructured U.S. airline industry from piling on profits—not an off-peak period, not an Easter date shift, not a new set of pilot regulations, not…May 5th, 2014 at 12:39 PM EDT
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Azul
Climbing Neelemanjaro: Brazil’s Azul is looking to go abroad. Expect an uphill battle.
It certainly gets credit for boldness. Azul, an airline that today flies no plane larger than an E195 with 118 seats, plans to become an intercontinental airline practically overnight. Daring…April 28th, 2014 at 3:07 PM EDT
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U.S. airports
Small Pox: Air traffic is evaporating at smallish U.S. airports. Recipe for growth? Call Allegiant or find oil
Back in 2007, by most measures the peak year for U.S. air travel volumes, the town of Lexington, in Kentucky, had flights to Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis and Cincinnati. But then Delta…April 21st, 2014 at 11:52 AM EDT
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Brussels Airlines
The Brussels Hustle: Suddenly, there’s an airline boom in the European Union’s capital city
After two straight years of quiet, the bells of Belgium are ringing.April 14th, 2014 at 1:02 PM EDT
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Emirates
Bubble Trouble? The Gulf’s Big Three keep growing, repeatedly quieting naysayers. Can this last forever?
In 2013, London Heathrow was once again the world’s busiest airport for international traffic. True, that does include some shorthaul hops like flights to Paris and Dublin. But No. 1…April 7th, 2014 at 12:47 PM EDT
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Malaysia Airlines
How to Fix Malaysia Air? Call Japan. Malaysia Airlines faced deep financial problems even before the disappearance of MH370
What happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 370? That’s naturally first and foremost on everyone’s mind. But there’s another unanswered question: What will happen to Malaysia Airlines itself?March 31st, 2014 at 12:22 PM EDT
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Southwest
Network Solutions: Blessed by low costs and hedges in decades past, Southwest’s key weapon now? Its network
This morning in Albany, N.Y., a B737-700 will begin its workday at 6 a.m. as Southwest Airlines flight 2582 to Baltimore. From there, it will fly to Cleveland and then—after…March 24th, 2014 at 2:48 PM EDT
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Air France
One Big Difference: Unlike at its rivals, the biggest part of International Airlines Group is also one of the best
In many ways, the International Airlines Group, or IAG, is a lot like its chief European rivals Lufthansa and Air France/KLM. Its margins, in fact, were similar to Lufthansa’s last…March 17th, 2014 at 10:22 AM EDT
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Air France
Diamonds in the Rough: Sometimes airlines generate big profits in the least likely places
Many years ago, the small nation of Singapore set out to turn itself into a reliable, comfortable and headache-free place to do business with surrounding countries like China, India, Indonesia…March 10th, 2014 at 2:52 PM EDT
