Airline Weekly - February 6, 2012 - Partying Like it’s 1999: U.S. airlines, celebrating for the 2nd straight year, have learned how to profit in hard times
Cover Story PARTYING LIKE IT\'S 1999: U.S. AIRLINES, CELEBRATING FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR, HAVE LEARNED HOW TO PROFIT IN HARD TIMES As American works to fix its loss-making business, the rest of the U.S. airline industry, solidly profitable in 2011, is throwing a party. And while not quite the joyous affair it would be if this were a normal, high-margin business, it’s an occasion worth celebrating...
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Airline Weekly - January 30, 2012 - Beijing’s Wings: All of China’s “Big Three” airlines are doing well. Why is Air China performing best of all?
Cover Story BEIJING’S WINGS: ALL OF CHINA’S “BIG THREE” AIRLINES ARE DOING WELL. WHY IS AIR CHINA PERFORMING BEST OF ALL? Three and a half years ago, as the world’s economy crashed, Chinese airlines—like so many airlines worldwide—were in trouble. Even Air China, having just established itself as China’s profit leader in the years leading up to the crisis, found itself in need of government...
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Airline Weekly - January 23, 2012 - The Bulls of Barcelona: Its home economy is stagnant. Its airline market is anything but.
Cover Story THE BULLS OF BARCELONA: ITS HOME ECONOMY IS STAGNANT. ITS AIRLINE MARKET IS ANYTHING BUT. There’s pain in Spain. Economic pain. But apparently—in Barcelona anyway—airlines didn’t get the memo. In 2011, Barcelona’s main airport El Prat saw its passenger volumes surge 17% y/y, making it one of the fastest growing airports in the world, let alone Europe. There is, however, a catch:...
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Airline Weekly - January 16, 2012 - Good Gol, Bad Gol: Brazil’s largest LCC has flashes of brilliance and episodes of distress. Which will it be next?
Cover Story GOOD GOL, BAD GOL: BRAZIL’S LARGEST LCC HAS FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE AND EPISODES OF DISTRESS. WHICH WILL IT BE NEXT? Few other airlines worldwide experienced as up-and-down a 2011. One moment, the Brazilian airline Gol was on top of the world, earning double-digit profit margins. Then it seemed mired in crisis, posting double digit losses. Will the real Gol please stand up? As Gol’s...
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Airline Weekly - January 9, 2012 - Dallas in Wonderland: The hometown carrier is bankrupt, but DFW is buzzing with activity
Cover Story DALLAS IN WONDERLAND: THE HOMETOWN CARRIER IS BANKRUPT, BUT DFW IS BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY There’s nothing spectacular or eye-catching about the headline traffic figures at DFW airport—through the first 11 months of 2011, passenger counts increased just 2% y/y. But this masks a sudden burst of dynamism and change at America’s fourth busiest airport, which trails only Atlanta, Chicago...
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Airline Weekly - January 2, 2012 - The Cautious and the Restless: Network and capacity trends for 2012. Who’s growing, who’s slowing and who’s flying where
Cover Story THE CAUTIOUS AND THE RESTLESS: NETWORK AND CAPACITY TRENDS FOR 2012. WHO’S GROWING, WHO’S SLOWING AND WHO’S FLYING WHERE So much for expectations. When airlines were flying high in 2007—their demand strong, their fleets growing, their profits rising—little did they know just how bad things would get the following year: oil prices near $150 a barrel, a global economic meltdown...
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Airline Weekly - December 12, 2011 - Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The top 10 developments in 2011—and what to watch in 2012
Cover Story LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD: THE TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN 2011—AND WHAT TO WATCH IN 2012 In 2010, the world’s airline industry enjoyed its most profound financial success in many years—perhaps ever. But all good things come to an end, and sure enough, 2011 was hardly the same. Many airlines were profitable this past year, and the industry as a whole made money. But nearly all saw their...
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Airline Weekly - December 5, 2011 - Thank Heaven for Chapter Eleven: But will it be enough for American? Or does it need to merge?
Cover Story THANK HEAVEN FOR CHAPTER ELEVEN: BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH FOR AMERICAN? OR DOES IT NEED TO MERGE? Maybe it was avoidable. Maybe it was inevitable. Either way, American Airlines voluntarily checked itself into bankruptcy, with two goals in mind: lowering labor costs and cleaning up the liability side of its balance sheet. Make no mistake: American didn’t have to file—it went in with $4.1b...
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Airline Weekly - November 28, 2011 - Promise and Peril in Indonesia: Garuda and Lion Air, armed with new narrowbodies, seek to realize their potential
Cover Story PROMISE AND PERIL IN INDONESIA: GARUDA AND LION AIR, ARMED WITH NEW NARROWBODIES, SEEK TO REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL Potential is a double-edged sword. It means you’re likely to accomplish a lot. But it can also mean you haven’t accomplished much yet. So it is with Indonesia’s major airlines, enormously high on promise but yet to establish themselves as serious competitive forces beyond...
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Airline Weekly - November 21, 2011 - Air Berlin’s Many Sins: Pressures intensify for Germany’s second largest airline. Can it master its own complexity?
Cover Story AIR BERLIN’S MANY SINS: PRESSURES INTENSIFY FOR GERMANY’S SECOND LARGEST AIRLINE. CAN IT MASTER ITS OWN COMPLEXITY? In its third quarter financial report, Air Berlin referred to the impact of Germany’s new aviation tax not once, not twice but 17 times. And for good reason. The carrier expects the tax, introduced at the start of this year, to cost it $240m in 2011. That’s about...
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Airline Weekly - November 14, 2011 - United’s State: This time, its size is matched with profits. Why are things going well, and can this continue?
Cover Story UNITED’S STATE: THIS TIME, ITS SIZE IS MATCHED WITH PROFITS. WHY ARE THINGS GOING WELL, AND CAN THIS CONTINUE? Five years ago, in 2006, United Airlines emerged from bankruptcy a shadow of its former self. It had once been the world’s largest airline; now it wasn’t even the biggest in the U.S. Worse yet, its profits that year were toward the bottom of the industry despite having spent...
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Airline Weekly - November 7, 2011 - Kangaroo Paranoia: Why Qantas is desperate to restructure now, while times are still good
Cover Story KANGAROO PARANOIA: WHY QANTAS IS DESPERATE TO RESTRUCTURE NOW, WHILE TIMES ARE STILL GOOD In 2007, Japan Airlines made money—almost $1b in operating profits, in fact. But buried below this verdant surface were lethal toxins, including uncompetitive labor costs and low productivity. By 2009, the global financial crisis had dangerously exposed these toxins, sending Japan Airlines to nearly...
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Airline Weekly - October 31, 2011 - Nothing But Net: Despite a weak economy and another fuel spike, U.S. airlines continue to stay profitable
Cover Story NOTHING BUT NET: DESPITE A WEAK ECONOMY AND ANOTHER FUEL SPIKE, U.S. AIRLINES CONTINUE TO STAY PROFITABLE At IATA’s World Passenger Symposium in Singapore earlier this month, Montie Brewer played the pessimist. The former United executive, who subsequently ran Air Canada, gave five reasons why the airline industry “will never be profitable:” constant overcapacity, product commoditization,...
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Airline Weekly - October 24, 2011 - French Flies: Air France is sick, and the low-cost carriers buzzing throughout France are one reason why
Cover Story FRENCH FLIES: AIR FRANCE IS SICK, AND THE LOW-COST CARRIERS BUZZING THROUGHOUT FRANCE ARE ONE REASON WHY For the low-cost airline that’s “painting Europe orange,” no market has higher priority than France, the land of 246 different cheeses. EasyJet, perhaps, should change its name to cheesyJet. But an irresistible opportunity for one airline is a dangerous liability for another,...
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Airline Weekly - October 17, 2011 - Let’s Be Franke: The "Ultra"-LCC Model. The man behind some of the world’s lowest-cost carriers speaks with Airline Weekly
Cover Story LET’S BE FRANKE: THE "ULTRA"-LCC MODEL. THE MAN BEHIND SOME OF THE WORLD’S LOWEST-COST CARRIERS SPEAKS WITH AIRLINE WEEKLY For people outside the airline industry, he’s not as universally recognizable as low-cost airline titans like Herb Kelleher and Michael O’Leary. But arguably nobody has done more to shape as many low-cost carriers around the world, and in particular “ultra-LCCs,”...
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Airline Weekly - October 10, 2011 - Hex on the Beach: Cancun, despite an array of challenges, still a hot market for airlines
Cover Story HEX ON THE BEACH: CANCUN, DESPITE AN ARRAY OF CHALLENGES, STILL A HOT MARKET FOR AIRLINES With summer’s sunshine now gone and winter’s chill inching closer, hundreds of thousands of Americans will soon be boarding planes to a remote location along Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Last year, nearly 2m of them did. Cancun, to be sure, isn’t just a wintertime destination. Americans go...
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Airline Weekly - October 3, 2011 - Dubai’s Eyes on America’s Skies: Emirates expands in America, but why Dallas and Seattle? And which airlines should worry?
Cover Story DUBAI’S EYES ON AMERICA’S SKIES: EMIRATES EXPANDS IN AMERICA, BUT WHY DALLAS AND SEATTLE? AND WHICH AIRLINES SHOULD WORRY? If there were any doubts about its ambitions in America, this should put them to rest. Last week, Emirates announced not one but two new U.S. routes, both of them surprising. In February, it will begin flying to Dallas-Fort Worth. And one month later, it will begin...
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Airline Weekly - September 26, 2011 - Manila Ice: Philippine national carrier’s turnaround hits the skids, but others sense red-hot opportunity
Cover Story MANILA ICE: PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CARRIER’S TURNAROUND HITS THE SKIDS, BUT OTHERS SENSE RED-HOT OPPORTUNITY Not long from now, the remarkable AirAsia will launch its latest joint venture: AirAsia Philippines. In doing so, it enters a market with both promise and peril, and one already a theatre of war between a high-flying LCC and a struggling legacy carrier. To be sure, the Philippines...
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Airline Weekly - September 19, 2011 - Clean Bill of Health: The U.S. economy is sick, but the U.S. airline industry isn’t
Cover Story CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH: THE U.S. ECONOMY IS SICK, BUT THE U.S. AIRLINE INDUSTRY ISN’T There’s an old saying among economists: when the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. The airline industry, meanwhile, usually catches pneumonia. Not this time. The U.S. economy is not just sneezing but seriously ill, bedridden by high unemployment, a severely depressed housing market,...
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Airline Weekly - September 12, 2011 - The Wild East: From LCCs to consolidation and beyond, new East Asian trends are challenging old ideas
Cover Story THE WILD EAST: FROM LCCS TO CONSOLIDATION AND BEYOND, NEW EAST ASIAN TRENDS ARE CHALLENGING OLD IDEAS So much for the skeptics. Once upon a time, many observers doubted the possibility of low-cost airlines taking root in East Asia. LCCs wouldn’t work here, so the argument went, because cheap airports are few, customers are more demanding, governments protect their markets and full-service...
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Airline Weekly - September 5, 2011 - Three Falling: Lufthansa, Air France/KLM and BA/Iberia complete a first half they’d rather forget
Cover Story THREE FALLING: LUFTHANSA, AIR FRANCE/KLM AND BA/IBERIA COMPLETE A FIRST HALF THEY’D RATHER FORGET How do you run an airline when your fuel costs spike, your governments levy punishing taxes, your unions are restless, your home market is in a debt crisis and two of your most important overseas markets suffer severe disruptions? Ask Europe’s Big Three. It ain’t easy being Lufthansa,...
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Airline Weekly - August 15, 2011 - Strange Bedfellows: Why is highly profitable AirAsia joining forces with troubled Malaysia Airlines?
Cover Story STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: WHY IS HIGHLY PROFITABLE AIRASIA JOINING FORCES WITH TROUBLED MALAYSIA AIRLINES? There’s nothing abnormal about two airlines forming an alliance. On the contrary, alliance formation is one of the industry’s dominant trends. But an alliance between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines? Ten years ago, AirAsia didn’t even exist, at least not in its current form. It wasn’t...
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Airline Weekly - August 8, 2011 - Still Standing: Amid the doom and gloom, U.S. airlines are feeling pretty good
Cover Story STILL STANDING: AMID THE DOOM AND GLOOM, U.S. AIRLINES ARE FEELING PRETTY GOOD Like most Americans these days, Jeffery Smisek has no love for his country’s legislature. “Whenever Congress is in session,” United’s CEO said last month, “we’re always at risk.” Well, good news Jeff. Just before leaving their last session, lawmakers left the FAA unable to collect ticket taxes,...
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Airline Weekly - August 1, 2011 - Explosive Growth, No Profits: Etihad, the smallest of the Gulf’s Big Three, expanding like Emirates but not making money
Cover Story EXPLOSIVE GROWTH, NO PROFITS: ETIHAD, THE SMALLEST OF THE GULF’S BIG THREE, EXPANDING LIKE EMIRATES BUT NOT MAKING MONEY When airlines in Europe, Canada, Australia and elsewhere complain about Emirates and the government support it allegedly receives, they sometimes fail to acknowledge the Gulf carrier’s undeniably profitable business model, built on numerous strengths and competitive...
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Airline Weekly - July 25, 2011 - Big Refleeting, Never Mind the Bleeding: Ailing American goes shopping. Masterstroke or folly?
Cover Story BIG REFLEETING, NEVER MIND THE BLEEDING: AILING AMERICAN GOES SHOPPING. MASTERSTROKE OR FOLLY? Question: how does an airline that lost $471m last year—and $2.5b in the two years before that—buy 460 new airplanes? Answer: it doesn’t buy 460 new airplanes. In a key part of its mega-airplane order with Boeing and Airbus announced last week, American will actually rent the first 230...
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Airline Weekly - July 18, 2011 - Foreign Affairs: It was a lost decade at home for U.S. airlines. But internationally? Not so.
Cover Story FOREIGN AFFAIRS: IT WAS A LOST DECADE AT HOME FOR U.S. AIRLINES. BUT INTERNATIONALLY? NOT SO. Unlike the global airline business at large, the U.S. airline business is not a growth industry. And it hasn’t been for a long time—with one important exception. Though 2010 was a strong year for the U.S. airline industry, much of the success was built on the good fortune of manageable fuel...
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Airline Weekly - July 11, 2011 - Err India: It’s crisis time again for Air India. Is all hope lost?
Cover Story ERR INDIA: IT’S CRISIS TIME AGAIN FOR AIR INDIA. IS ALL HOPE LOST? Today, Air India is a flying corpse, kept in the air by repeated government bailouts. But for a brief moment several years ago, it looked as if India’s national airline had a chance. Prior to merging with its domestic counterpart Indian Airlines in 2007, Air India was actively positioning itself to take advantage of...
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Airline Weekly - July 4, 2011 - Few Laughs in the First Half - Mid-year review: First six months of 2011 bring crisis and peril to the world’s airlines
Cover Story FEW LAUGHS IN THE FIRST HALF - MID-YEAR REVIEW: FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2011 BRING CRISIS AND PERIL TO THE WORLD’S AIRLINES Two thousand ten was a good year for the world’s airline industry. Maybe the best ever. If only the good times could last. Last year’s resounding success—$30b in collective operating profits by IATA’s count—is now but a fading memory. Midway through 2011,...
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Airline Weekly - July 27, 2011 - Going the Extra Aisle: The A320-NEO stole the show, but airlines await big widebody developments as well
Cover Story GOING THE EXTRA AISLE: THE A320-NEO STOLE THE SHOW, BUT AIRLINES AWAIT BIG WIDEBODY DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL Where is Boeing going? After a week in Paris, airlines of the world are still left wondering. Will it paste a pair of next-generation engines on its B737, just like Airbus is doing with its A320? Or will it build an all-new narrowbody? Whatever the decision, it won’t be the only...
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Airline Weekly - June 20, 2011 - Kick in the SAS: The news isn’t all bad in Europe. Look at the Nordic boom lifting Scandinavia’s airlines.
Cover Story KICK IN THE SAS: THE NEWS ISN’T ALL BAD IN EUROPE. LOOK AT THE NORDIC BOOM LIFTING SCANDINAVIA’S AIRLINES. Beset by heavy losses at its Blue1 unit in Finland, SAS announced last week it would retire regional jets, lay off workers and shutter a number of European routes. Alas, just another day of airline gloom in Europe? Well, no. For all of Europe’s airline headaches—massive shorthaul...
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Airline Weekly - June 13, 2011 - Love and War in Singapore: With threats all around, Singapore Airlines partners up and punches back
Cover Story LOVE AND WAR IN SINGAPORE: WITH THREATS ALL AROUND, SINGAPORE AIRLINES PARTNERS UP AND PUNCHES BACK Singapore Airlines was never very good at dating other airlines. In the early 1990s, it was outbid by British Airways for a large equity stake in Qantas. Buying half of Virgin Atlantic in 1999 proved a big zero strategically and a big negative financially. Around the same time, it endlessly...
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Airline Weekly - June 6, 2011 - Growing Like China in North Carolina: Charlotte, surprisingly, is the fastest growing major airport in the U.S. Can this continue?
Cover Story GROWING LIKE CHINA IN NORTH CAROLINA: CHARLOTTE, SURPRISINGLY, IS THE FASTEST GROWING MAJOR AIRPORT IN THE U.S. CAN THIS CONTINUE? Forget even its current growth statistics, which rank it as the fastest growing major airport in the U.S. No, what’s perhaps most amazing about Charlotte is that—far more than any other U.S. hub—it was completely irrelevant before the industry deregulated...
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Airline Weekly - May 31, 2011 - Trouble in Europe: Last quarter was one most European carriers would rather forget. So what’s next?
Cover Story TROUBLE IN EUROPE: LAST QUARTER WAS ONE MOST EUROPEAN CARRIERS WOULD RATHER FORGET. SO WHAT’S NEXT? This time will be different, Europe’s airlines say. And maybe they’re right: the latest ash clouds spewing from Iceland’s volcanoes really won’t paralyze aviation like they did last spring. If nothing else, officials are better prepared now. Probably true. But it’s hard to see...
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Airline Weekly - May 23, 2011 - Promised Land for Airlines? Despite a unique set of challenges, the Israeli airline market shows signs of strength
Cover Story PROMISED LAND FOR AIRLINES? DESPITE A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES, THE ISRAELI AIRLINE MARKET SHOWS SIGNS OF STRENGTH Political upheaval notwithstanding, aviation in the Middle East is booming. Even during the tumultuous first three months of 2011, the region’s RPK traffic was up 8% y/y, according to IATA, never mind the 18% growth registered in 2010. Taking a longer view, passenger volumes...
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Airline Weekly - May 16, 2011 - The Perils of Complexity: Can Virgin Australia be all things to all people?
Cover Story THE PERILS OF COMPLEXITY: CAN VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE? It needed some good news, and Virgin Australia finally got some last week. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved its proposed transpacific joint venture with Delta, without imposing any conditions beyond those that the airlines volunteered when they revised their application after DOT rejected it last...
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Airline Weekly - May 9, 2011 - Seoul Position: Asiana moves from laggard to leader. What’s working, and can it continue?
Cover Story SEOUL POSITION: ASIANA MOVES FROM LAGGARD TO LEADER. WHAT’S WORKING, AND CAN IT CONTINUE? Through the ups and downs of the past half decade, Korea’s Asiana never lost its reputation for top-notch customer service. But its finances were never as comfortable for investors as its seats were for travelers. Asiana’s average operating margin from 2006 to 2009 was a miniscule 1%, compared...
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May 2, 2011 - Calm in the Lion’s Den: U.S. airlines, with revenues surging despite tepid economic growth, survive a fuel spike
Cover Story CALM IN THE LION’S DEN: U.S. AIRLINES, WITH REVENUES SURGING DESPITE TEPID ECONOMIC GROWTH, SURVIVE A FUEL SPIKE If someone were to make a movie about the history of the U.S. airline industry, one thing it wouldn't lack is action: carriers pummeling each other for scraps of demand—and doing it under a constant downpour of market shocks. It would, of course, be a sad movie, with a lot...
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Airline Weekly - April 25, 2011 - Out of the Dark: With Mexicana dead, Aeromexico makes its move
Cover Story OUT OF THE DARK: WITH MEXICANA DEAD, AEROMEXICO MAKES ITS MOVE After many years of darkness, the lights were shining brightly on Aeromexico last year. It was among just 25 or so airlines in the world with a double-digit operating margin. And it earned nearly $200m in net profit while growing revenues an astounding 26%. The mission now: keep the lights on. Operating an airline in Mexico...
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Airline Weekly - April 18, 2011 -
Cover Story BLAME THE BOSSES FOR THE LOSSES? LABOR PAINS PERSIST, BUT WHAT’S REALLY TO BLAME FOR AMERICAN’S DEEP POOL OF RED INK? When American Airlines reports its quarterly earnings Wednesday, it will likely reveal heavy losses that are once again out of step with the rest of the industry. Almost as certainly, it will again blame its results on high labor costs and express hope that its competitors’...
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Airline Weekly - April 11, 2011 - Eastern Philosophy: Garuda CEO Emirsyah Satar discusses the Indonesian airline’s turnaround
Cover Story EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: GARUDA CEO EMIRSYAH SATAR DISCUSSES THE INDONESIAN AIRLINE’S TURNAROUND Just a few years ago, Garuda Indonesia was considered little more than a joke in the global airline industry. In the late 1990s it was even tied up in government corruption scandals. But like other airlines that have transformed themselves—think Air France in the 1990s or Turkish Airlines in...
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Airline Weekly - March 28, 2011 - Istan-Bull or Istan-Bear? Rising superstar Turkish Airlines shows cracks in the facade
Cover Story ISTAN-BULL OR ISTAN-BEAR? RISING SUPERSTAR TURKISH AIRLINES SHOWS CRACKS IN THE FACADE Ten years ago, it was an industry nobody. By 2010 it was an industry superstar. But is the Turkish Airlines rocket ship running out of fuel? Last week, the carrier unveiled a $191m net profit for all of 2010, with capacity up 15% y/y, traffic up 19% and revenues up 20%. Operating margin was a solid...
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Airline Weekly - March 21, 2011 - Aftershock: The Japan crisis presents new challenges for an already-challenged airline industry
Cover Story AFTERSHOCK: THE JAPAN CRISIS PRESENTS NEW CHALLENGES FOR AN ALREADY-CHALLENGED AIRLINE INDUSTRY The contrast couldn’t be any more glaring. On one hand, airlines worldwide are reporting some of their strongest financial results ever for the year that just ended. On the other, they’re dealing with an unprecedented array of disruptions to their business in the opening three months of...
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Airline Weekly - March 14, 2011 - Bridge Over Troubled Water: JVs consolidating power across the North Atlantic. Transfer traffic, though, under threat
Cover Story BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: JVS CONSOLIDATING POWER ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC. TRANSFER TRAFFIC, THOUGH, UNDER THREAT Yes, North America and Europe have slow-growing airline sectors. But the transatlantic market connecting them is buzzing with activity. This summer alone, carriers will start more than 15 new routes, many made possible by collaboration. Already in the first two months of...
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Airline Weekly - March 7, 2011 - A Russian Ryanair? Ultra-LCC Avianova’s CEO Andrew Pyne speaks with Airline Weekly
Cover Story A RUSSIAN RYANAIR? ULTRA-LCC AVIANOVA’S CEO ANDREW PYNE SPEAKS WITH AIRLINE WEEKLY Imagine trying to operate a low-cost carrier in a market where you can’t offer non-refundable fares and can’t, practically speaking, control your own seating density. Those are just two of the challenges facing Russia’s Avianova, which launched in 2009. But it’s backed by owners with a long record...
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Airline Weekly - March 1, 2011 - Narrow Passage: Airlines navigate a fast-changing market for single-aisle aircraft
Cover Story NARROW PASSAGE: AIRLINES NAVIGATE A FAST-CHANGING MARKET FOR SINGLE-AISLE AIRCRAFT Giant ultra-jumbos like the A380 and sleek new globetrotters like the B787 get all the glitz and glamour. But the airline industry of the next 20 years will be shaped at least as much by developments in single aisle aircraft. Narrowbodies, after all, account for roughly three quarters of all airplanes flying...
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Airline Weekly - February 21, 2011 - I Guess That's Why They Call it Jet...: Can JetBlue Rediscover Its Glory Years?
Cover Story I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT JET…: CAN JETBLUE REDISCOVER ITS GLORY YEARS? Will this finally be it? “This” is the latest round of JetBlue initiatives: network moves, partnerships and product tweaks. “It” is what JetBlue has been seeking for much of the past decade: something new to recapture the trailblazing success of its early years. It was in those early years that...
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Airline Weekly - February 14, 2011 - French Lessons: After weak traffic growth in 2010, airlines in Paris wonder what’s next
Cover Story FRENCH LESSONS: AFTER WEAK TRAFFIC GROWTH IN 2010, AIRLINES IN PARIS WONDER WHAT’S NEXT What better time than Valentine’s Day to discuss the love airlines have for the world’s most romantic city. Paris, the city of lights, might just as well be called the city of flights. Last year, airlines operated 708,000 of them from the French capital’s two major airports. Charles de Gaulle,...
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Airline Weekly - February 7, 2011 - Nervous on the Nile: Will Egypt’s tourist sector revive? And what does the instability mean for airlines everywhere?
Cover Story NERVOUS ON THE NILE: AIRLINES REACT AS EGYPT DESTABILIZES; WILL THE COUNTRY’S LARGE TOURIST SECTOR REVIVE? Air Canada doesn’t normally fly to Egypt. Nor do Air China and Qantas. But all had planes in Cairo last week, busily evacuating travelers fleeing sudden and dramatic political unrest. By some estimates, a million tourists fled the country. Egypt, as recent events remind, is an...
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Airline Weekly - January 31, 2011 - Revenues to the Rescue: Why exactly did U.S. airlines thrive in 2010, and what lies ahead?
Cover Story REVENUES TO THE RESCUE: WHY EXACTLY DID U.S. AIRLINES THRIVE IN 2010, AND WHAT LIES AHEAD? Extreme fuel prices have been eating away at U.S. airlines all decade. But finally, they seem to have found a solution: extreme revenue growth. Sounds easier said than done. But sure enough, they’ve done it. For all of 2010, America’s eight largest airlines saw their fuel costs jump again, this...
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