In a story that will be published in a week or so, AirInsight lays out the case for looking at Southwest Airlines differently these days.  But even now there is evidence that market realities are forcing changes on the US airline industry's golden child.  This view should certainly not be seen as a criticism – [...]

jetBlue and Turkish Airlines announced an interline agreement to connect the carriers’ networks at JFK  and Washington Dulles International Airport.  The deal is interesting because it is called "interline", not the more typical codeshare.  But both airlines will be offering the ability for their customers to exploit the joint network. For Turkish the advantages are [...]

If one mentions these two firms, the first thing most industry watchers think is "CSeries".  Look here for a recent example of that story. But there is a more interesting example of the evolving relationship between the airline and the OEM. Take a look at the news about FlexJet. Note that FlexJet is owned by [...]

News out today suggests the EU airline consolidation continues. This should not come as a surprise.  Airlines are discovering that when a competitor goes under, this is not a moment to celebrate. Why? Because it is rare that airlines actually die.  Therefore if you don't swoop quickly another competitor might.  Then you will face an [...]

The splitting of Gatwick from Heathrow appears to be working as hoped. Nick Dunn, Gatwick Airport’s chief financial officer said: “The year-on-year decrease in passenger traffic is largely accounted for by the timing of public holidays in April 2011, including the late Easter holiday weekend, the additional holiday to mark the royal wedding and the [...]

Emirates announced its 2011 results and it saw a 72% decline in profits.   Predictably the airline points to fuel costs. Its fuel bill rose over 44% over 2010. In addition the Arab Spring did the airline no favors. But sit back and consider this performance. Twenty four years of profits. Tremendous fleet growth. Global [...]

First item – A new threat by Al-Qaeda to blow up a plane that was bound for the US using an ‘underwear bomb’ has been foiled, according to reports. The device, which was seized by CIA in the Yemen, is thought to be an upgraded version of the device that failed to detonate on boart [...]

When we see an headline that we expect something unfortunate and we were not disappointed. So 100 pilots did a "sick out" today.  The fight is over gets to fly the airlines 787s when they arrive. The original Air India pilots want exclusive rights to the 787 over the Indian Airways pilots absorbed after the [...]

This morning's news that the airline is canceling more A350-1000s is bound to appear startling. To some anyway. Yes the airline has now halved its A350-1000 orders. But this was to be expected after its announcement in December that its 787 orders should make it the largest operator of the 787-9.  It would seem the [...]

For years the management at American Airlines seemed untouchable. Crews were unhappy, employees were restless and the company seemed to try tough out everything that came its way.  Years of playing the industry tough guy ensured huge losses and the inevitable Chapter 11.  Now that the management team has the company in Chapter 11, things [...]