United Continental has surprised many today with what look to be the best set of Q1 results of any major North American airline, in the process taking the heat off of the CEO. Announced today UAL will...
Prompted by a trusted senior industry insider, Airline Economics has confirmed from various sources in Japan that SkyMark was awarded “new entrant” slots at Hanada to spur competition with JAL and ANA...
International passenger travel rose 4.6% in February from February 2014 and up from the 3.7% increase in January 2015. Economy class travel drove the rise in volumes in February, up 4.8% year-on-year,...
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has reiterated the government’s committed to its privatization program and suggested that the sale of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) could be finalised by ...
As Delta impresses once again its figures for the quarter do show that it is being pressured hard on Pacific routes, especially Japanese routes. But if investors start thinking long term then Delta is...
Insurers are taking a heightened interest in aviation assets as yields soften on the more traditional investment vehicles for insurers and pension funds that typically seek to buy and hold investment ...
Following a request by Jet Airways the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry has sought approval from the Finance Ministry to increase the Reserve Bank of India $300m non-resident lending cap for individual ...
CFM sources confirm that the LEAP-1B engine that will power the 737 MAX currently has a SFC performance shortfall of 4-5%. At the same time the LEAP-1A for the A320neo has a 2% fuel consumption shortf...
Etihad Airways has welcomed the decision of Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) to approve its 33.3% investment in the Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline. Since January, 2014, Lug...
Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2016 tops 700 delegates as of 1st April 2015 five months before this target is traditionally met – The event is set to become the largest event in Dublin in 2...
This story was first broken by this news service eight weeks ago in January when we warned you that Thai carriers were going to be curtailed from entering many countries following a damning ICAO repor...
Lufthansa announced on Friday that it would pay out initial aid of €50,000 (US$54,000) per passenger who died on the Germanwings Flight 9525 to the families of the victims, but the reality is that Luf...
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