Articles tagged “Asia-Pacific”

Talk about bad luck. Greg Foran’s first day as chief executive of Air New Zealand was February 3rd, 2020. Barely a month later, the Covid virus all but grounded the airline’s passenger business. The crisis would end. But Foran’s luck didn’t get much better. Today, about 16% of ANZ’s jet fleet is grounded due to engine issues, affecting both B787s and A320-family Neos. Despite the woes, Foran and his team are bullish about the carrier's prospects, as we discover in this week's feature story.

Recorded at the Skift Global Forum East held in Dubai earlier this month, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes speaks to Skift Asia Editor, Peden Bhutia. In a wide-ranging conversation, the pair…

A defining characteristic of the AirAsia empire has always been its corporate complexity. Now it stands to simplify by bringing AirAsia and AirAsia X together as one, while leaving aside…

Ten years ago Qantas was struggling. Dangerously thin profits, if not outright losses in some periods, drove its then-CEO Alan Joyce to undertake controversial cost-cutting measures. Fast forward to 2024, and Qantas is earning higher margins now than before the pandemic. With a new leadership team in place, Qantas believes things will get even better. In this week's feature story we separate the facts from the marketing fluff and ask what the future holds for the Flying Kangaroo.

Australia’s Qantas is flying high once again, but will its 'Project Sunrise' ultra-long haul endeavors be worth the time and effort?

It wants oh so badly to beat Delta. But it will have to try again in Q3. In Q2, United delivered solid profits. But Delta’s margins were still a bit…

In part one of this week's podcast, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat discuss Q2 results from Delta Air Lines and Norwegian, looking for clues as to what the future could…

In part one of this week's podcast, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat discuss Qantas' latest ultra long-haul endeavor and ask what it tells us about the carrier's wider commercial strategy.…

We’re now just a week away from the end of 2024’s second quarter. It’s been a good one for airlines broadly speaking, with demand holding firm across most of the…

In part one, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat discuss the factors delivering consistently strong results for Korean Air. In part two, we reveal the global airlines that were the most…