Articles tagged “airline weekly”

About a decade ago, the airlines that became Avianca and Latam showed the world what transnational mergers could look like. And now enter Abra, a holding company that knits together Avianca, Gol, Viva, and Sky, in a sort-of merger that spans almost the entire continent.

Tempers are flaring as airlines, unions, and even Congress point fingers at who’s to blame for the pilot shortage. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan discuss an innovative program at Southern Airways Express, as well as why Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein may have a point about foreign pilots flying into the U.S.

Raising the retirement age for U.S. airline pilots is seen as a temporary fix for the shortage airlines face. Legislation is likely to face stiff pushback from unions.

Copa Airlines is confident that its tried-and-true business model will again prove successful in Latin America against a combined Avianca and Gol.

U.S. regional Southern Airways Express CEO Stan Little thinks he has the answer to the pilot shortage with the airline's cadet program. But what makes Southern's offering different?

Regional carrier Mesa Airlines CEO Jonathan Ornstein is clear who is to blame for the U.S. pilot shortage: Congress. Rules implemented to make the skies safer have created the situation, he claims, crippling most regional airlines.

It's not "pent-up demand" anymore for Brazil's Azul; instead, the airline thinks the strong demand is a new normal. It doesn't hurt that Brazil's commodity-heavy economy is booming and that the country never really shut down during the pandemic.

Sun Country usually has a strong first quarter, as it ferries passengers from its home base of Minneapolis to warm-weather vacation destinations in the winter. But the Omicron variant dented its profits this year, although bookings surged again in March. Despite that, the airline, unlike most of its peers, turned a profit.

Airlines are sparring over Newark Liberty International Airport, as United claims the FAA is allowing low-cost-carriers to go over the 79 flight operations per hour cap. But Spirit and JetBlue refute that claim and say United should reduce its own operations if it wants fewer delays. Who’s right?

Lufthansa is buoyant on summer travel with vacationers expected to meet or exceed pre-pandemic levels. But there's a big wrinkle: staffing issues elsewhere in the airline industry could derail the return of travelers.