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JetBlue Boasts 50 Percent Jump in TrueBlue Loyalty Enrollment in 2022 https://hubs.li/Q01zwrx00
JetBlue Airways reported $2.4 billion worth of revenue during the fourth quarter of 2022, its highest ever in a fourth quarter, which the New York-based
American Airlines Sees First Full Year of Profitability Since 2019 https://hubs.li/Q01zwwk70
Despite a number of constraints, American Airlines has achieved a full year of profitability for the first time since 2019.
Southwest Airlines Vows to Return to Recovery Plan by March After Meltdown https://hubs.li/Q01zwnf90
Southwest expects its recovery to return to plan by March, just three months after its massive meltdown affected millions of travelers.
easyJet Financials Lifted by High Demand and Ancillary Revenues https://hubs.li/Q01znF450
Europe's second largest airline, EasyJet, pulled off what is becoming the norm in the pandemic recovery: revenues that exceed pre-crisis numbers on
United Airlines Takes $10.5 Million Stake in Affiliate Mesa https://hubs.li/Q01z64Dm0
United Airlines took a nearly 10 percent stake in its regional partner Mesa Air Group in a deal unveiled after markets closed. The transaction is worth an
United Confronts New Realities https://hubs.li/Q01yYW_z0
CEO Scott Kirby Charts Its Post-Pandemic Course Pushing Back: Inside the Issue Polite. Complimentary. Respectful. Nobody would use these adjectives to describe Scott Kirby’s attitude toward low-cost airlines. The United Airlines chief showed up for the company’s fourth quarter earnings call with...
India's Vistara Reports Profit for First Time Since Inception https://hubs.li/Q01y-qzR0
Vistara, a joint venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, reported its first-ever net profit for the quarter ending December 2022.
American Airlines Customer Chief to Depart https://hubs.li/Q01yQjTg0
American Airlines Chief Customer Officer Alison Taylor is retiring. Her departure will leave the Fort Worth, Texas- based carrier with no C-suite
Cathay Pacific Hopes China Travel Recovery Will Reverse 2022 Losses https://hubs.li/Q01yQf430
Hong Kong's decision to drop all travel restrictions during the year-end holidays came a little too late for Cathay Pacific Airways. The Hong Kong-based
U.S. Airlines Now Balancing Strong Ticket Sales With Escalating Costs https://hubs.li/Q01yQkCP0
U.S. airlines are enjoying strong demand and ticket sales, a recent analysis by trade group Airlines for America (A4A) found. But they also face
United CEO Says U.S. Airline Industry Unprepared for Post-Pandemic Realities https://hubs.li/Q01yxpbK0
Technology snafus are just the latest indication of the structural constraints U.S. airlines face post-Covid.
European Airlines Push Back Against Environmental Short-Haul Bans https://hubs.li/Q01yxhZB0
The airline industry plans to invoke EU rights to freedom of movement to challenge environmental restrictions on short-haul flights.
Lufthansa Makes Official Bid for Italy's ITA Airways https://hubs.li/Q01yxhz90
The Lufthansa Group has made an offer to buy a 40 percent stake in Italy's state-owned ITA Airways, it said Wednesday. The bid comes after a multi-year
Jet Shortages a Concern Amid China Travel Thaw https://hubs.li/Q01yb8Pk0
Supply chain shortages are some of the issues at the center of the $200 billion airline industry underpinning fleets.
U.S. Senate Demands Southwest Airlines Explain Holiday Meltdown https://hubs.li/Q01ybbY20
A group of 15 U.S. senators on Friday demanded Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Bob Jordan answer questions about the low-cost carrier's holiday A group of 15 U.S. senators on Friday demanded Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Bob Jordan answer questions about the low-cost carrier's holiday meltdo...
India's Newest Airline Looks to Fill Void From Second and Third-Tier Cities
A regional airline with an unusual hub choice, having India's country code in its name, is starting with short-duration flights. Fly91.in is aiming for the sky with its ambitions. https://hubs.li/Q01y9ZRp0
Fly91, a new Indian carrier focusing on regional connectivity, looks to start operations around the last quarter of this year.
Virgin Australia Owner Bain Capital Hints at IPO
As Australia's second-biggest carrier looks to relist at the stock exchange, the biggest question is how big a stake does Bain want to retain. https://hubs.li/Q01yb0TJ0
Bain Capital said on Monday it is looking to relist airline Virgin Australia as the domestic aviation market bounces back strongly.
New Pilot Contracts to Drive Up Costs at U.S. Airlines https://hubs.li/Q01y3lFG0
U.S. airline profits are set to come under pressure in 2023 as they look to shell out more cash to retain pilots amid worries about the impact of a U.S. airline profits are set to come under pressure in 2023 as they shell out more cash to retain pilots amid worries of potential recession on travel d...
Fasten your seatbelts – the future of the airline industry is taking off with our latest publication. Get insights on the aviation and travel industry at large, and get geared up to face any headwinds ahead 👉 https://hubs.li/Q01xNmY30
Discover the biggest trends in hotels, airlines, tourism, online travel, and business travel this year: Welcome to Skift Megatrends 2023.
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Learn about the latest game-changers of the global travel industry and come into 2023 well-prepared. Join the livestream now – the Megatrends are already being revealed 👀 https://hubs.li/Q01xyvw_0
Calling all !✈️ Want to stay ahead of the game in the airline industry? Then you won't want to miss the 11th annual Megatrends event happening today at 2pm ET. Join us as we reveal the latest trends and developments set to shape the industry: https://hubs.li/Q01xxvQh0
Registration is now open for Megatrends: Defining Travel in 2023, our annual forecast of the trends shaping the year ahead.
“We are on the ground talking to community leaders and business leaders to understand how we can help them. A DMO can really be an engine to help bring visitors and customers to their doorstep.” - Leah Chandler, Discover Puerto Rico
"Travelers are very aware now if a travel offering if inclusive or not...78% have made a travel choice based on promotions or ads they felt represented them through messaging or visuals." - Jennifer Andre, Expedia Group Media Solutions
🎧 Podcast: Designing Meetings Around Human Needs - A special epsisode features two sessions recorded live at our Event Design Summit featuring Jesse Gainer of C2 International Megan Henshall of Google Naomi Clare Crellin of Storycraft Lab and Liz Lathan of The Community Factory.
https://hubs.li/Q01lYV4p0
This episode features two live discussions from our Event Design Summit.
Pandemic fatigue is real and it is important to convey to your attendees how contagious BA. 5 is.
https://hubs.li/Q01gX1Vf0
BA.5. is spreading rapidly and it is important to have your mitigation tactics at the ready to keep your attendees safe.
Mark your calendar for our new and improved flight route, landing in Dallas-Fort Worth on November 16. For the first time in its history, Skift Aviation Forum will be held in person, bringing together 300+ executives from across the global airline industry.
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Dear Travel Leaders, Sustainability Is Not a PR Exercise https://hubs.li/Q018KmH40
Sixty-one percent of U.S. travelers want to vacation more sustainably — a 15 percent increase from last year — while 73 percent of global travelers
Cape Air CEO Linda Markham warns that the U.S. industry’s every-airline-for-themselves approach to easing the pilot shortage may not be the best way to address supply. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan discuss her comments, and our favorite spokes-seagull. Then, Delta Air Lines was the industry’s bellwether on financials with the recovery turn it saw in March apparently set to carry other U.S. airlines back to the black.
It’s that time of year again: earnings! Delta Air Lines kicked off the first quarter results season with better than expected financials that reflected the two halves of the quarter; one characterized by Omicron and the other by pent-up demand. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan also discuss how the U.S. pilot shortage has spread to mid-size carriers Alaska Airlines and JetBlue.
In a surprise move, JetBlue Airways unveiled an unsolicited bid for Spirit Airlines, potentially derailing the latter’s deal with Frontier Airlines. But, given the potential market clout a larger ULCC could be to JetBlue, especially on busy Florida routes, maybe it’s not such a surprise. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan discuss the merger machinations, and the word from European airlines at the recent Airlines for Europe summit.
Delta Air Lines is making a play for more premium passengers in Los Angeles. Our reporter Brian Sumers took a field trip to LAX to talk to Delta leaders to see what the airline thinks sets it apart at the country's second-largest market. Then, Brian and Madhu Unnikrishnan use the "garden center index" to gauge how far the travel recovery has come.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine initially sent oil markets into a spiral. Prices may have come back down to earth, but oil remains volatile. Yet, U.S. airline executives aren't terribly concerned. More pressing is how to hire enough pilots to operate flights. Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan report on what they learned at a recent industry conference and discuss which airlines plan to add or trim capacity this summer.
How does a country that spans 11 time zones function without long-haul aircraft? That is among the questions Russia Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan consider in this week's episode. Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to roil the airline and aerospace industries, as lessors write off their assets in the country and a growing list of companies say they no longer will support Russia's airlines. Meanwhile, the war's economic effects are only now beginning to come into focus. And Ned learns why edible oils are critical to the the world's economy.
In this week's episode, Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan break down the many ways the Ukraine war will affect global aviation. Will lessors repossess jets by March 28? How will airlines reroute their polar flights? This global crisis has the potential to set aviation and aerospace back years. After the break, Madhu and Ned turn their attention to the growing U.S. pilot shortage and what that may mean for airline recovery.
This week, Accenture's Emily Weiss, global travel lead, and Scott Davidson, managing director-travel industry, talk to host Madhu Unnikrishnan about how different business travel may look when it returns. If the pandemic has taught the travel industry anything it's the "art of the possible," Weiss noted. Will digital nomads offset the slow return of business travel for airlines? And just how promising are eVTOLs in solving the urban mobility conundrum? Listen to this week's episode to find out.
Big news in the U.S. ultra-low-cost-carrier market this week, as Spirit and Frontier announced their plans to merge. Meanwhile, Allegiant's long-serving CEO Maury Gallagher, who helmed one of the most profitable airlines in the world, announced his retirement. Madhu Unnikrishnan and Edward "Ned" Russell. discuss the hurdles ahead for the merger, why Gallagher's retirement is significant, as well as why India's IndiGo is not concerned about a revitalized Air India.
Boeing hinted it would launch a new aircraft, and it did: The 777-8F, a freighter variant of its 777X program. Launch customer Qatar Airways put in an order for up to 50 of the new aircraft. Meanwhile, Ryanair's normally bullish CEO Michael O'Leary is less confident about summer demand. And network changes at the discounter make us wonder where the airline will put all its new Boeing 737 Maxes, or as Ryanair calls them "Gamechangers." Madhu Unnikrishnan and Edward "Ned" Russell ask why Ryanair is still trying to make "fetch" happen.
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Cape Air CEO Linda Markham warns that the U.S. industry’s every-airline-for-themselves approach to easing the pilot shortage may not be the best way to address supply. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan discuss her comments, and our favorite spokes-seagull. Then, Delta Air Lines was the industry’s bellwether on financials with the recovery turn it saw in March apparently set to carry other U.S. airlines back to the black.
It’s that time of year again: earnings! Delta Air Lines kicked off the first quarter results season with better than expected financials that reflected the two halves of the quarter; one characterized by Omicron and the other by pent-up demand. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan also discuss how the U.S. pilot shortage has spread to mid-size carriers Alaska Airlines and JetBlue.
In a surprise move, JetBlue Airways unveiled an unsolicited bid for Spirit Airlines, potentially derailing the latter’s deal with Frontier Airlines. But, given the potential market clout a larger ULCC could be to JetBlue, especially on busy Florida routes, maybe it’s not such a surprise. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan discuss the merger machinations, and the word from European airlines at the recent Airlines for Europe summit.
Delta Air Lines is making a play for more premium passengers in Los Angeles. Our reporter Brian Sumers took a field trip to LAX to talk to Delta leaders to see what the airline thinks sets it apart at the country's second-largest market. Then, Brian and Madhu Unnikrishnan use the "garden center index" to gauge how far the travel recovery has come.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine initially sent oil markets into a spiral. Prices may have come back down to earth, but oil remains volatile. Yet, U.S. airline executives aren't terribly concerned. More pressing is how to hire enough pilots to operate flights. Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan report on what they learned at a recent industry conference and discuss which airlines plan to add or trim capacity this summer.
How does a country that spans 11 time zones function without long-haul aircraft? That is among the questions Russia Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan consider in this week's episode. Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to roil the airline and aerospace industries, as lessors write off their assets in the country and a growing list of companies say they no longer will support Russia's airlines. Meanwhile, the war's economic effects are only now beginning to come into focus. And Ned learns why edible oils are critical to the the world's economy.
In this week's episode, Edward "Ned" Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan break down the many ways the Ukraine war will affect global aviation. Will lessors repossess jets by March 28? How will airlines reroute their polar flights? This global crisis has the potential to set aviation and aerospace back years. After the break, Madhu and Ned turn their attention to the growing U.S. pilot shortage and what that may mean for airline recovery.
This week, Accenture's Emily Weiss, global travel lead, and Scott Davidson, managing director-travel industry, talk to host Madhu Unnikrishnan about how different business travel may look when it returns. If the pandemic has taught the travel industry anything it's the "art of the possible," Weiss noted. Will digital nomads offset the slow return of business travel for airlines? And just how promising are eVTOLs in solving the urban mobility conundrum? Listen to this week's episode to find out.
Big news in the U.S. ultra-low-cost-carrier market this week, as Spirit and Frontier announced their plans to merge. Meanwhile, Allegiant's long-serving CEO Maury Gallagher, who helmed one of the most profitable airlines in the world, announced his retirement. Madhu Unnikrishnan and Edward "Ned" Russell. discuss the hurdles ahead for the merger, why Gallagher's retirement is significant, as well as why India's IndiGo is not concerned about a revitalized Air India.
Boeing hinted it would launch a new aircraft, and it did: The 777-8F, a freighter variant of its 777X program. Launch customer Qatar Airways put in an order for up to 50 of the new aircraft. Meanwhile, Ryanair's normally bullish CEO Michael O'Leary is less confident about summer demand. And network changes at the discounter make us wonder where the airline will put all its new Boeing 737 Maxes, or as Ryanair calls them "Gamechangers." Madhu Unnikrishnan and Edward "Ned" Russell ask why Ryanair is still trying to make "fetch" happen.
Cathay Pacific is struggling under new travel restrictions from the Hong Kong government, and the lack of any significant support from the government means it’s back in the red. Hosts Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan also discuss cargo’s continued growth in 2021, and Airbus’ plan to launch a new cargo carrier with its bulbous Belugas, and they wrap with the throughline from the U.S. Big 3’s results.
The rollout of 5G wireless technology threatened major disruptions to the U.S. air transport system until it didn’t, in a crisis that J.P. Morgan analyst Jamie Baker likened to Y2K. Hosts Madhu Unnikrishnan and Edward “Ned” Russell also discuss the pilot shortage, and what they expected from American Airlines and United Airlines 2021 results.
Airbus and Boeing have split the commercial aircraft market for a while, but analysts say Boeing could become the junior partner if it doesn't come up with something for the middle of the market. Hosts Madhu Unnikrishnan and Edward "Ned" Russell chew on Boeing's options and discuss Airbus's rather good 2021.
Who is Robert Isom? Madhu and Ned discuss American Airlines' new CEO, and recount retiring CEO Doug Parker’s long career. Also, Southwest Airlines is cautious for 2022, while Azul charges ahead with the bulls.
This week Edward Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan mull the new Omicron variant, and what impact it may — or may not — have on the airline recovery. Also, how EasyJet and SAS did during their 2021 fiscal years (hint: Lots of red), and the busy, yet uneventful, Thanksgiving holiday travel week in the U.S.
Like many airline chiefs, Doug Parker is “bullish” on the future, particularly after a surge in demand for transatlantic flights after the travel ban lifted on Nov. 8. But American Airlines is poised to begin 2022 as a larger airline — despite labor woes. Speaking at Skift Aviation Forum on November 17, 2021, Parker said business travel will return to 2019 levels, at some point. Listen now for the full interview with Skift Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan. Read more coverage of the aviation industry at airlineweekly.com
"We will win customers on quality,” Kirby said at the Skift Aviation Forumon November 17, 2021. And he had plenty of examples quality improvements to cite: The addition of premium-heavy “high-J” Boeing 767-300ERs that fly to Europe, the Bombardier CRJ-550 that met pilot contract rules while bringing a dual-class product to smaller cities, and a return of in-seat entertainment screens to its domestic mainline narrow-body fleet to name a few. And, while further out, United is investing in new spaces in Denver and Newark, and possibly in Washington, D.C. Listen now for the full interview with Skift contributor Brian Sumers. Read more coverage of the airlines industry at skift.com/airlines
Airlines' end-of-week equity prices are still in the dumps compared YoY, but there are some WoW bright spots https://skft.it/2GipxE0
A look at the world’s airlines, including end-of-week equity prices. It's still a sea of red. New issue online now. https://bit.ly/3d5A5QS
