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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
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Europe
Turkey’s Tough Times: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 68
Once again we consider the ongoing demand problems in Turkey. The numbers are in, and they’re not pretty. Turkish Airlines posted a $300 million loss in 2016. Pegasus Airlines chipped…March 14th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EDT
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Aer Lingus
IAG Outperforms: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 67
With its fourth quarter results and a standout 2016, IAG, the airline group that includes British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling, continues to separate itself from the other two…February 28th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST
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Air Canada
Searching for Positives at Air France/KLM: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 66
Air France/KLM had some good news in 2016. For one thing, its Transavia unit broke even. Also, KLM made a decent profit. But the story is rather disappointing from there,…February 21st, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST
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Alaska Airlines
LCCs’ Strong Finish: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 65
Europe certainly has its share of struggling airlines, but Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air are not among them. And for Ryanair and Wizz, fourth quarter earnings simply topped off a…February 14th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST
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Delta
Worse, But Still Good: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 61
Rising labor costs at Delta dented its fourth quarter results significantly—but not enough to prevent the airline from posting a terrific profit for 2016. And the big story within the…January 17th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST
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Europe
Around and Around: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 60
SAS has tried and tried to turn itself around, but to no avail—at least judging by its recent earnings report. In fact, on profits alone, the airline’s third quarter was…January 10th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST
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Air Canada
Kicking Off 2017: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 59
Call it our year-in-preview show. In this first episode of 2017, we look at some of the more interesting stories that are ushering in the airline industry’s new year. Of…January 3rd, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST
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Air Berlin
Lufthansa’s Ambitions: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 58
If anybody needed a reminder that the airline business is an interesting business, they got it last week as Air Berlin announced it will be handing over a big chunk…October 5th, 2016 at 12:43 AM EDT
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Delta
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 52: Don’t Dismiss Swiss Airlines
One of the bright spots in the Lufthansa Group’s second quarter earnings report was its Swiss unit, which bested Lufthansa mainline, the Austrian unit and even the healthy maintenance unit.…August 9th, 2016 at 9:58 PM EDT