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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
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Frontier
Rocky Mountain Ultra Low: Can Frontier Airlines replicate the great success of other ultra-LCCs?
If Southwest is the godfather of low-cost aviation, then Spirit Airlines is its present manifestation, a symbol of what has come to be known as the ultra-low-cost carrier. Put another…March 3rd, 2014
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easyJet
When Pigs Fly: For the airlines of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, the yoke of Europe’s long slump is lifting
It’s not a very flattering term, and it wasn’t intended to be. The four economies of southern Europe—Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, came to be known collectively by the unfortunate…February 24th, 2014
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All Nippon Airways
Getting Undomesticated: It’s all international for All Nippon as Japan’s largest airline seeks refuge abroad
A domestic-heavy airline, bombarded with a sudden explosion of low-cost shorthaul competition, seeks refuge abroad. If that sounds like a description of how U.S. airlines began to improve their fortunes…February 17th, 2014
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American
Running Up the Score: Already having a good decade, U.S. airlines keep getting better
Doug Parker, now CEO of American, and as such head of the world’s largest airline, doesn’t for a moment believe that the cyclical nature of the airline business is a…February 10th, 2014
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Allegiant
The Squeeze Play: One of the most important cabin innovations of all involves giving passengers less, not more
If IATA is right, the airlines of the world will once again generate more money than they spend in 2014, which would mark the industry’s fifth straight year of profitability.…February 3rd, 2014
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Qantas
The Qantas Quagmire: It’s shaping up to be an awful year for the flying kangaroo
When it comes to making money, Qantas, as a rule, doesn’t dazzle. But nor does it disappoint. Unlike any of the North American legacy carriers, or those in Europe or…January 27th, 2014
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Delta
Close the Door: U.S. carriers, together with their unions, are playing the protectionist card
Keep the doors closed, Air Canada’s chief Calin Rovinescu implied during a recent speech in Vancouver.January 20th, 2014
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Lufthansa
Leading Lufthansa: Airline Weekly speaks with the outgoing CEO of (still) the world’s largest airline group
It is still, by total company revenues, the largest airline group in the world—even if now (following the American-US Airways merger) by “only” a billion dollars or so annually. And…January 13th, 2014
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AirAsia
Capacity Audacity in Asia: Carriers across the region, led by LCCs, have their feet firmly on the growth pedal
And you thought you’ve got problems?January 6th, 2014