Articles tagged “airline weekly”

Air service to smaller U.S. cities could wither unless regional airlines can ramp up hiring. Despite offering large bonuses to new pilots, regional carriers are scrambling to find enough talent to operate all their flights.

After almost two years of retrenching and retiring aircraft, airlines went on something of a shopping spree at the Dubai Airshow. There's almost no clearer sign that airline executives think the recovery is well underway than by spending vast sums of money for new metal.

To capitalize on the almost insatiable demand for air cargo, Airbus is launching a freighter version of its long-range A350 twin-jet aircraft. The move is a tacit acknowledgement, however, that the European manufacturer is playing catch-up with Boeing, which dominates the air freighter market.

Korean Air reported record cargo revenues — again — in the September quarter as the bottlenecks in supply chains and maritime shipping boosted its air freight business. But, despite rare pandemic profits, the South Korean carrier says passengers need to return for its long-term health.

After Brazil emerged from the latest Covid-19 surge, Brazilians began traveling again, encouraged by the country's high rate of vaccination. More Brazilians are opting to stay local for their vacations, to the benefit of Azul.

It's the end of the line for the storied Eastern Air Shuttle. American, which eventually acquired the shuttle, will exit the New York-Boston market, and its alliance partner JetBlue Airways will operate the route.

Why is United Airlines pulling out of eight markets even as it aggressively expands its schedule and hopes to return to its 2019 levels of flying? Is it because those eight routes are unprofitable, or is it feeling the effects of a tight labor market?

International Airlines Group (IAG) has no qualms about flying too much next summer. Instead, it plans to fly nearly as much as it did in 2019, with an aim in capturing all the pent up travel demand everyone is talking about. No matter that everyone else is doing the same.

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi is taking a different tack from his peers. Instead of seeing a potential bonanza next summer in Europe, he thinks the region's airlines may be too bullish about demand and add too many flights. The upshot? Everyone has an opinion about the recovery, but no one really knows how it will unfold.

Europe's legacy carriers aren't taking the challenge from low-cost airlines lying down. Lufthansa is using its own budget arm, Eurowings, to retain leisure-travel market share coveted by the likes of Ryanair, Wizz Air, and EasyJet.