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Africa
China Air Travel Recovery Drives Global Demand to Near Pre-Pandemic Levels
The return of China's domestic travelers helped drive the global air travel recovery a tick closer to pre-pandemic levels, new data from trade group IATA shows.October 4th, 2023 at 12:47 PM EDT
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Africa
Airline Weekly Summer Hiatus
Airline Weekly is taking a break until September. Our next weekly issue will publish on September 11, and we will resume updating AW Daily with airline industry news and commentary…August 21st, 2023 at 8:05 AM EDT
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Africa
Global Airline Traffic Still Just 75 Percent of Pre-Covid Levels
Worldwide passenger traffic in November reached 75 percent of its November 2019 level, according to new data from IATA, the airline industry’s international trade association. That’s traffic measured by revenue…January 9th, 2023 at 1:30 PM EST
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Africa
RwandAir’s Grand Plan to Connect Africa Still Waiting on Qatar Airways Investment
RwandAir has big ambitions to connect Africa. But realizing those ambitions has to wait, pending a delayed major investment by Qatar Airways in the airline.November 2nd, 2022 at 3:13 PM EDT
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Africa
South Africa’s Airlink Buys Stake in FlyNamibia to Strengthen Global Service to Region
Southern Africa's airline market continues to shift as the region emerges from the pandemic. Regional Airlink has inked a deal for Namibia's only domestic airline, while long struggling South African…October 3rd, 2022 at 3:08 PM EDT
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Africa
Another Win for Delta: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 77
The airline is on such a roll that not even a grouchy demagogue can stop Delta. The Atlanta-based carrier posted a better second quarter than it did last year, and…July 18th, 2017 at 6:50 PM EDT
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Aeroflot
Six Months in 30 Minutes: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 76
Terror attacks… a blockade… Alitalia… The first half of 2017 has been interesting—even against the airline industry’s high standard in that department. In just a 30-minute episode we attempt to…July 4th, 2017 at 10:37 AM EDT
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Africa
Lackluster Lufthansa: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 69
When is a $2 billion annual profit disappointing? Answer: When you’re a giant airline group like Lufthansa, and $2 billion amounts to a mere 5% operating margin—and that lackluster result…March 28th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EDT