Articles tagged “Europe”

Charles de Gaulle once famously asked: “How can you govern a country in which there are 246 kinds of cheese?” Fortunately for Ben Smith, governing Air France-KLM isn’t quite that complicated. But he does now preside over four different airlines, some faring well, others faring poorly, as we discover in this week's feature story.

Air France-KLM's Q2 results were a broad improvement, but stubborn problems remain.

Copenhagen is one of Europe’s fastest growing airports this summer. Scheduled seat capacity in the Danish capital is up 7% y/y, according to Cirium Diio. Surprisingly, Copenhagen is growing without much help from Europe’s low-cost airlines. It's legacy player SAS that’s responsible for most of the rise, as we explain in this week’s feature story.

Ever wake up in the morning and feel like your engines just won’t start? Now you know how Wizz Air has felt every day of the post-pandemic era. Europe’s third largest low-cost carrier (after Ryanair and easyJet) just reported another dismal quarter, one much worse than even its official negative 10% figure suggests. In this week's feature story, we explore the key factors causing problems for the LCC and examine plans to get Wizz Air onto a stronger, more strategic, flight path.

Don't read too much into Ryanair's January-March quarter, the Irish low-cost giant still looks set for a fantastic summer season, boosted by tight supply and robust demand.

Heavy first quarter losses. A tariff war that threatens global commerce. Signs of softening in the all-important transatlantic market. Surely the Lufthansa Group must be worried? On the contrary, despite the rather nasty $932m Q1 net loss it reported last week, bosses at the European aviation powerhouse struck a decidedly upbeat tone. In this week's feature story, we ask if this optimism is justified.

What’s Turkey’s largest airline? Of course, it’s Turkish Airlines. But don’t overlook another Turkish carrier that’s growing and profiting at least as impressively...

British Airways earned a $2.6 billion operating profit in 2024. Its rival Lufthansa lost almost $100 million. In this week's feature story we find out what's going so right at BA.

When the North Atlantic market is good, British Airways performs strongly. BA's spectacular numbers suggest something is going very right.

Should Finnair hire a party planner, or a funeral director? No, it’s not in danger of dying. But after a surprisingly strong showing in 2023 and 2024, 2025 is looking uncomfortably fraught with peril. Labor unrest. Ballooning costs. A once-prized Asian network still disrupted. It’s enough to make any airline nervous, let alone a smallish government-owned carrier that lacks scale. In this week's edition, we ask if Finnair can defy the odds again.