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Airline Weekly

Qantas Eyes Significant International Expansion and Profit Growth With New Planes

It's bright, bright sunshiny decade ahead as far as Qantas management is concerned.

5 hours ago

Airlines

AirAsia X’s Post-Pandemic Strategy Focuses on Cost Containment and Fleet Expansion

While AirAsia X is looking closely to contain costs, the airline's greatest learning from Covid has been to maintain a cash buffer for financial resilience and long-term sustainability, providing a safety net to weather uncertainties.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 14 hours ago

Airline Weekly

Airlines Need a Corporate Travel Revival For Transcontinental Success

Airlines are poised for a highly profitable summer. But there’s at least one big market for which less-flattering adjectives are more appropriate. U.S. carriers, it’s increasingly clear, have a transcon problem.

20 hours ago

Airlines

Boeing Eyes Sale of 150 737 Max Jets to Riyadh Air

As Riyadh Air ramps up with plenty of cash, Boeing and Airbus will compete for the spoils.

Jyoti Narayan, Reuters | 1 day ago

Airline Weekly

Skift Research Provides Airline Coverage for Airline Weekly Subscribers

2 days ago

Airlines

China Says Its New Home-Grown Plane Signals the End of the Aviation Duopoly

China has a large domestic market for the C919. But Comac would have to get Europe and the U.S. to certify the aircraft if it really hopes to begin to challenge Boeing and Airbus.

Reuters | 2 days ago

Airlines

UK Airport E-Gates Working Again After Outage Caused Major Disruption

Heathrow and Gatwick — as well as arriving passengers — really didn't need this. No word yet on the cause of the outage.

Sachin Ravikumar and Kanjyik Ghosh, Reuters | 3 days ago

Airlines

WestJet Has a New Deal to Raise Pilot Pay

Expect more pilots and their unions to push for similar bumps over the next year.

Allison Lampert, Reuters | 4 days ago

Airline Weekly

The Return of Icelandair

Icelandair had a rough few years before and during Covid. But the airline believes it has turned the financial corner, and forecasts its best results in seven years.

4 days ago

Airlines

TSA Screened Highest Number of Airline Passengers Since 2019

This is a lot different than Memorial Day 2020. Remember?

David Shepardson, Reuters | 4 days ago