Air France-KLM Moves to Simplify Airline Group
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Ben Smith is talking the talk right now, but unlike his predecessors who disappointed: Will he be able to walk the walk?
4 months ago
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Patrick Whyte, Skift
Ben Smith is talking the talk right now, but unlike his predecessors who disappointed: Will he be able to walk the walk?
4 months ago
Tom Lavell, Bloomberg
Lufthansa last year beat Air France-KLM in passenger traffic. The German carrier partly achieved this after making the strategically brilliant move of assuming parts of troubled Air Berlin. But both European giants must constantly watch out for rising unit costs and falling unit revenues.
5 months ago
Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg
The Dutch arm of Air France-KLM continues to be the shining star of the group. New Air France CEO Anne Rigail will be hoping to change that in 2019.
5 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Anne Rigail has the key task of trying to get the unions onside in order to avert further strike action. If she succeeds, the future looks good for Air France.
6 months ago
Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg
Relatively new CEO Ben Smith will be hoping that the change in leadership leads to a thawing in relations between the airline group and some of its employees.
7 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Can you really grow a unicorn in a lab? In other words, can companies like Air France-KLM read all of the innovation advice books in airport bookshops and methodically create the next Airbnb? We're skeptical. But the travel industry could use much more innovation.
7 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
New CEO Benjamin Smith is trying to do something his predecessors failed at — bring Air France and KLM closer together. The two airlines need to work in sync more if the group is going to compete better with rivals in Europe.
8 months ago
Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg
Fringe airline routes are always susceptible to geopolitical changes, and at the moment, flights to Tehran just aren't pulling their weight. The beauty of the business though is if things change, they can always go back.
10 months ago
Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg
It will be hard for incoming CEO Ben Smith to accommodate union demands when Air France-KLM will have to also drop routes, curb winter-season seating capacity, and deepen other cost-cutting measures after its second-quarter profit fell 22 percent.
10 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Employee unrest at Air France took its toll. The airline group really needs to appoint a new CEO soon so it can get back on track.
11 months ago
Albertina Torsoli and Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg
It sounds like Air France-KLM's search for a new CEO is nearing its conclusion. Whoever gets the job needs to get the labor unions and shareholders onside or else they will suffer the same problems as their predecessor.
12 months ago
Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg
KLM chief Pieter Elbers is a serious contender for the job of Air France-KLM Group CEO. But if he wants to become the top boss, he needs to assure French cockpit crews that flights will not shift to Amsterdam.
12 months ago