Articles tagged “airline weekly”

Air China is its country’s clear profit champion. But as a new airport soon opens in its home city, its challenges are many.

To build on a cliché, the only certainty in the airline industry is uncertainty. The past few weeks provided all the evidence necessary to reinforce that this is correct.

With fuel costs rising 37 percent in the U.S. airline sector, you might expect airline earnings to be declining — and they certainly did in the third quarter. But exceptionally strong demand enabled some U.S. airlines to make their story more about revenue than costs.

Missed our last Skift Call? This podcast has you covered. Tune in to hear from our aviation experts about why low-cost airlines and long-haul travel are not the perfect mix for profitability.

We are doubling down on the coverage of the global airline sector and now have the strongest business coverage of commercial aviation, both online and through our Forums around the world.