The Americas

The Under and the Over

The Americas

The Under and the Over

April 2024
40 min read
Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat

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.