Articles tagged “North America”

Alaska

The United Weigh: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 78

United is still trailing its peers, but can it catch up? That’s the question we weigh first in this episode. In the second quarter, American Airlines bested United with a…
August 1st, 2017 at 8:15 PM EDT
Aeroflot

Six Months in 30 Minutes: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 76

Terror attacks… a blockade… Alitalia… The first half of 2017 has been interesting—even against the airline industry’s high standard in that department. In just a 30-minute episode we attempt to…
July 4th, 2017 at 10:37 AM EDT
Allegiant

Good Is Good Enough: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 72

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.…
May 10th, 2017 at 2:24 PM EDT
Alitalia

Delta Keeps Dealing: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 71

Delta saw its operating profit margin slashed severely in the first quarter compared to last year’s Q1. Nonetheless there are plenty of reasons to smile—that’s how good things are at…
April 25th, 2017 at 9:26 PM EDT
Alaska Airlines

Virgin Sacrificed: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 70

The merger of Alaska Airlines and Virgin American is now well under way and begs the question: How is the integration taking shape? In a word: rosy. Of course, Alaska…
April 11th, 2017 at 8:17 PM EDT
Asia-Pacific

United on Top: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 62

By just a tenth of a percent, United’s fourth quarter operating profit margin bested that of Delta—and likely that of American, which reports later—making United, for the quarter, No.1 among…
January 24th, 2017 at 10:00 PM EST