Gordon Smith

Traditionalists may turn their noses up at companies creating fragrances. However, Air France's new scent is the latest indication that multi-sensory airline marketing is here to stay.

While these are very early days, the return of Qatar Airways to Damascus could tempt other international carriers to put the Syrian capital back on the route map.

Last week, British Airways unleashed fury in some quarters with poorly received changes to its loyalty program. Here are five key learnings for other airlines considering a similar course.

The new year is bringing the same old headaches for the airline industry. Reliability and maintenance issues with a widely used engine are forcing carriers to slash schedules for the peak summer season.

It’s a fascinating tale of three huge airline groups. Europe’s leading network carriers each experienced a very different 2024.

It’s not just long-haul network airlines that are taking advantage of this increasingly lucrative segment. Low-cost carriers are marching in the premium parade too.

It's tempting to group Europe's low-cost airlines together, but 2024 highlighted major differences in performance, problems, and profitability.

Overlooked secondary cities are on the radar of airline executives and network planners, as a new generation of long-haul aircraft upends traditional in-flight economics. 

Thursday’s multi-billion dollar deal for the 737 Max will delight Boeing executives after a terrible year. Now comes the tricky part — delivering the planes on time and to the right specification.

While no two markets are the same, fears of a global slowdown in airline capacity growth were unfounded in 2024. These new figures set up 2025 to be another year of robust network expansion.