Articles tagged “Allegiant”

The earnings picture for U.S. carriers in the first quarter was much worse than last year’s Q1—but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good. It was indeed good—and good is good.…

Japan Airlines is enjoying a charmed life right now. How good is it? In 2016, JAL was the most profitable of the large global airlines outside the U.S. All Nippon…

The second quarter year-over-year profit margin improved at Air France/KLM, but only because of a huge windfall from fuel. In fact, the real story is that the airline group is…

By now it’s clear to all: The dominant theme for U.S. airlines during the springtime second quarter was profitability—immense profitability, driven by much cheaper fuel. In fact, the country’s 10…

In the year’s first quarter, Allegiant and Spirit were the world’s two most profitable lowcost carriers, measured by operating margin. Can you name the third?

Its boldest experiment ever—flying to Hawaii—was a failure. Now it’s stuck with a half dozen B757s it wouldn’t have bought if not for that venture. So it now has three…

In the Americas, Copa Airlines likes to connect almost every city that matters with almost every other city that matters. So when Copa announced last week that New Orleans will…

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.…