Christopher Jasper and Guy Johnson, Bloomberg
Get ready for "Virgin something" as the airline moves to beef up its intercontinental offerings and take advantage of Heathrow's planned third runway with acquisitions like FlyBe.
1 week ago
Jay Shabat, Skift
Wow Air’s failure stranded passengers all over its route network and got quite a lot of attention because of its role in Iceland’s tourism success story. But it’s got company — check out the list of airlines that have folded in just the last 12 months. Aviation is a tough business.
3 months ago
Irene García Pérez, Bloomberg
The drama surrounding Flybe goes up a notch. Management is at odds with key shareholders and it looks like there'll be a showdown on March 4.
4 months ago
Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift
Aviation has terrible gender optics, and not just with pilots and engineers. The c-suite is nearly void of women for flimsy, unacceptable reasons. In this deep dive, women on the commercial side of aviation share how it feels to hit the glass ceiling in 2019, and occasionally break through.
4 months ago
Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg
Ryanair's lowered guidance is a sign of how tough things are for European airlines at the moment. Fortunately, the airline is still highly profitable; the same can't be said for some of its smaller rivals.
5 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
It's good news for regional passengers who rely on Flybe's services, but Virgin Atlantic will have plenty of work to do to make sure it can make the most of a combined long-haul, short-haul operation.
6 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Virgin Atlantic's Little Red domestic brand was not a success. It seems strange then that the carrier is exploring a bid for a short-haul airline, which has had its own struggles in recent years.
7 months ago
Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg
This shouldn't come as a shock to anyone as Flybe has been struggling for some time. The big question now is, can it find a buyer?
7 months ago
Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg
Oh dear. Another Flybe profit warning. The same thing happened last October. It's easy for airlines to blame external pressures but much harder for them to admit to—and fix—internal problems.
8 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
IAG has big plans for Level and with a new dedicated CEO, we can expect further expansion. The only question is what would happen to the carrier if the airline group added Norwegian to its growing family.
11 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Flybe's management team will be hoping the airline's latest turnaround strategy works, where others have failed. The carrier has plenty of challenges and is operating in a very tough environment. Might it find things easier as part of a bigger aviation group?
1 year ago
Angus Whitley, Benjamin Katz and Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
It's one thing to make promoting women a big topic of discussion at your annual industry gathering, and it's another to make serious strides the rest of the year. Come on, aviation industry, make it happen.
1 year ago