The French Correction: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 28
What’s it gonna take to fix Air France/KLM? The airline group has a number of problems—from labor inflexibility to a soft French economy—all in a very competitive part of the…
Articles tagged “Air France”
Relatively Resilient Revenues: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 23
Delta kicked off earnings season with—yawn—another record-breaking fourth quarter highlighted by a pre-tax profit that starts with a “b” (and ends with an “illion.”) The success is coming from a…
The European Earnings Picture Is Complicated: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 3
With most European airlines having now reported second-quarter earnings, the picture is filling in. But it’s a mosaic—not a portrait. Some carriers did well. Some did lousy. One thing we…
Postcards from the Hedge: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 2
American Airlines doesn’t hedge its jet fuel, and now it’s enjoying the fruits of that somewhat contrarian strategy. Is AA onto something here? Is fuel hedging a smart play? Will…
Flight of the Living Dead: Zombie airlines are haunting Europe’s excessively fragmented airline sector
Forget the strike-prone labor unions, the government austerity, the economic doldrums, the high taxation, the overregulation, the expensive airports, the opposition to airport expansion, the wasteful Eurocontrol regime, the heavy…
Looks Like a Lion, Smells Like a Skunk: Air France/KLM remains powerful in many ways. So why is it losing so much money?
Think Air France/KLM, and what comes to mind? An airline that prospered during the tumultuous first decade of the 2000s? A globally diversified network second to none? An iconic brand,…
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…