The Americas

The Under and the Over

The Americas

The Under and the Over

April 2024
40 min read
Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat

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Issue Overview

Caribbean overcapacity is one of many reasons why JetBlue can’t seem to stop its financial bleeding. American Airlines has a Caribbean overcapacity problem too. But in Mexico, the situation is precisely the opposite: a shortage of domestic capacity that’s lifting the profits of carriers like Volaris and Viva Aerobus.