Articles tagged “airline weekly”

SAS is confronting a radically different Scandinavian airline market now than it had at the start of the pandemic. New competition from startups like Flyr and a restructured Norwegian Air mean SAS will have to continue cutting costs in order to stay competitive.

Norwegian Air's metamorphosis from a long-haul disruptor to a Nordic budget carrier took one more step as the airline seeks to sell its valuable takeoff and landing slots at London's Gatwick Airport. There will be no shortage of takers for the slots at the popular airport, and Norwegian is raising hundreds of millions of dollars off the sale.

Air France-KLM is barred from investing in other airlines until it has paid back the billions in state aid it took from the French and Dutch governments. But even still, the Franco-Dutch group says it is not in any rush to invest in Italy's ITA.

Electric air taxis have captured airlines' attention by offering them a solution to the last-mile of travelers' trips, and meeting carbon emission targets. AirAsia is the latest to jump for the technology with a big commitment for the proposed planes.

With a new order for 30 Airbus A220s, JetBlue is placing a bet on an aircraft that emerged as something of a pandemic-era superstar for airlines, thanks to its small size and lower operating costs.

The airline industry believes travel demand won't recover in the Asia-Pacific region until at least 2024, but when it does, it's expected to come back strong. Airbus believes the region will account for almost half of all new aircraft through 2040, fueled by rapid economic growth and demographic changes that will see the region's middle class expand by more than 1 billion people.

Norse Atlantic Airways CEO Bjørn Tore Larsen insists the startup airline is not simply aping Norwegian Air's now-defunct low-cost, long-haul business model. But with its plans to fly U.S.-UK routes, Norse increasingly is looking like its predecessor, no matter what Larsen says.

Mesa Airlines CEO Jonathan Ornstein sees a clear villain in the U.S. pilot shortage, and it's not low wages or the high cost of flight schools. Regulators' onerous training requirements created the shortage as he sees it, and more small cities are likely to lose air service as a result.

Canada's Swoop will fly more than 300 percent more capacity this summer compared with last summer, now that the country has rolled back most of its pandemic travel restrictions. The airline is adding five new destinations and 11 new routes aimed at Canadian vacationers.

IndiGo isn't too worried about the changing competitive airline landscape in India. It can afford to be smug — for now — thanks to its commanding position in the country's domestic market and expanding international network, but rivals are nipping at its heels.