Airline News

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?

President Biden's more than $1 trillion infrastructure plan provides an unseen-for-decades investment in U.S. transportation. But achieving its lofty goals could pose new challenges, which is something former President Obama knows well after partisan politics stymied some of his infrastructure ambitions.

Some of the pandemic's long-term economic effects are yet unknown. But one thing is certain: A consumer shift toward e-commerce accelerated and is most probably lasting. And air cargo companies are cashing in on the change.

Will there be too much capacity in Europe next summer or not enough? The answer depends on whom you ask. IAG is champing at the bit to add as much…

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.

The concurrent themes of premium leisure travelers and cargo converged at Air Canada and helped propel its results in the third quarter. The airline is betting on the return of international travelers, plus corporate flyers, to continue its recovery into 2022.