All Airlines articles – Page 3
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Airline BusinessAfter five years, post-pandemic profitability still eludes China’s ‘Big Three’
Following the years of China’s onerous ‘zero-Covid’ policy, its three largest carriers are still struggling to achieve the same levels profitability seen by their peers globally.
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NewsJetBlue’s GTF issues easing as fewer Airbus aircraft grounded than anticipated
US carrier JetBlue Airways reports an improving engine-availability situation as it has fewer aircraft grounded for Pratt & Whitney turbofan overhauls than previously expected.
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Airline BusinessAir France-KLM confident on summer as premium demand impresses
When Air France-KLM chief financial officer Steven Zaat described his comments on the USA as the thing “everybody is here to hear about” during the group’s earnings call on 30 April, he reflected the current mood of uncertainty in the global airline market.
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NewsKorean Air plans major aerospace centre near Seoul
Korean Air plans to set up an urban air mobility and aviation safety center to boost aerospace innovation in South Korea.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ widen first-quarter losses amid competition ‘pressures’, looming trade war
China’s three largest operators were loss-making for the first quarter of the year, as competitive ‘pressures’ and the uncertainty surrounding an ongoing trade war with the USA weighed on revenue growth.
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NewsAmerican brings lawsuit while JetBlue keeps shopping for domestic partner
American Airlines has brought a lawsuit against former Northeast Alliance partner JetBlue Airways as talks to revive that alliance have fallen apart.
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Airline BusinessFinnair acknowledges limited economic visibility after ‘tough’ first quarter
Finnair had a challenging first three months of 2025 and faces more uncertainty in the current quarter, as it works to keep its earnings on track.
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Airline BusinessLufthansa chief ‘fairly confident’ but not ’naive’ over outlook
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr struck an upbeat tone for the full year, describing the company as “fairly confident without being naive” over the outlook for 2025 amid concerns over geopolitical volatility.
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NewsLufthansa sticks to full-year profit hopes despite trade uncertainties limiting visibility
Lufthansa Group is sticking to its target of “significantly” improving full-year operating profit after cutting first quarter losses, but flags challenges in forecasting amid macroeconomic uncertainties around trade.
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NewsAAPA flags ‘potentially softening’ demand amid economic uncertainty
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) warns that passenger and cargo demand in the near term could “potentially” soften, as a result of uncertainty stemming from the economic policies of the Trump administration.
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NewsVolaris and Copa close to completing codeshare
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris plans to enter a codeshare agreement with Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines.
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Airline BusinessVisiting-friends-and-relatives market ‘not going back to buses’: Volaris CEO Beltranena
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has lowered its full-year capacity outlook in response to weak demand among the so-called visiting friends and relatives segment, the discounter’s bread-and-butter market.
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Airline BusinessWeek 18 2025: Eyes on Europe in atmosphere of uncertainty
As North American carriers reel from the economic upheaval of recent months, the attention now moves across the Atlantic, with several major European operators set to disclose their earnings this week.
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NewsSpirit Airlines regains US stock listing following financial restructuring
US discounter Spirit Airlines has been approved by the NYSE American for listing several months after filing for bankruptcy protection and being removed from the New York Stock Exchange.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 19-25 April 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessAlaska unfazed by domestic swoon amid premium and international expansion plans
Alaska Air Group is among several US airlines to observe eroding demand for domestic seats while maintaining robust premium and international segments.
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Airline BusinessEconomic outlook prompts Southwest to trim already-reduced schedule
Bob Jordan, chief executive of Southwest Airlines, maintained during the company’s first-quarter earnings call that the transformational changes underway at Southwest will make it resilient during lean times.
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NewsPakistan bans Indian flights from airspace as tensions rise after Pahalgam attack
Pakistani authorities have barred Indian aircraft from the country’s airspace, as tensions between the two sides rise in the aftermath of a 22 April attack on tourists near Pahalgam. The move has been detailed in a NOTAM effective 25 April. It states that Pakistan airspace is “not available” to Indian-registered ...
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Airline BusinessUncertainty rules as American is latest US carrier to report domestic weakness
When American Airlines executives discussed the operator’s first-quarter 2025 earnings on 24 April there was one word that kept being repeated over and over in the context of the US economy: uncertainty.
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NewsUnited places ‘conditional’ order for up to 200 of JetZero’s blended-wing airliners
United Airlines has become the latest major US carrier to throw support behind start-up JetZero’s development of a blended-wing-body airliner.