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Philippine Airlines parent posts record loss
The parent company of Philippine Airlines, PAL Holdings, booked a record 73 billion pesos (US$1.51 billion) loss in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic...
Insight: Comparative Economics – MAX7 vs. A220-300
The comparative economics of aircraft is a key driver in fleet planning decisions. Many factors come into play in analyzing the differences between...
PAL working on comprehensive restructuring
On the back of a Ps 73 billion ($1.5 billion) net loss for 2020, Philippine Airlines (PAL) is working on a “comprehensive restructuring” that should...
Despite support African airlines remain in perpetual loss
Despite the huge funding of national airlines by African governments, it is distressing that African airlines deliver perpetual losses. While it can...
A Strong Air Travel Recovery
TSA data on passengers screened indicates that a strong recovery in US airline traffic is underway. The upward trend line in traffic from earlier in...
Air transport in Africa expensive and circuitous
Emirates reports first ever loss in 33 years
Emirates reports its first ever loss in 33 years. It announced an AED 22.1 billion ($6 billion) Group loss for its financial year 2020-2021 on June...
GOL Has Raised Nearly US$200 Million In New Equity Capital
The Brazilian carrier GOL has raised nearly US$200 million in new equity in the last quarter. Following the take-in of the Smiles minority interest...
India update – June 2021
Our monthly chat with the Sarin & Co team on India; a pandemic update (good news this month!) and news on Air India and Jet Airways....
Is Airlines 4 Europe taken seriously enough?
A number of times during Thursday’s Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit, CNN’s Richard Quest tried to tease airline CEOs with almost the same...
Australia struggles to get flying again
Australia has been struggling to get airborne again. The pandemic hit hard and the reaction was (like many places) overdone. Australia and New...
Lufthansa lures ITA with an attractive deal
Lufthansa is trying to have the re-sized successor to Alitalia join its airline group and also enter the transatlantic joint-venture with United and...
Southwest Airlines remains hungry for MAX 7
Latin American Cargo Airlines Aren’t Picking Up – Why?
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American cargo airlines aren’t picking up. These carriers have posted,...
Will G7 have the guts to reopen the Pond?
CEOs of leading US and UK airlines have called on the leaders of the G7 countries to reopen the transatlantic for unrestricted passenger travel...
EU-ASEAN deal opens doors to airlines
Airlines within the 27 member states of the European Union and the 37 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will get...
US air travel starts to catch up with China
Looking at the latest data from China and the US, here's how we ended May 2021. A month ago it did not look like the US was going to catch up with...
AFRAA releases 2020 Africa Air transport report
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) released its 2020 Air Transport Report. The report gives an in-depth analysis of Africa’s air transport...
This summer is crunch time for AirAsia X
Malaysian ultra-low-cost long-haul airline AirAsia X has got a step closer to completing its financial restructuring last week. But it still faces a...
Covid-crisis continues to have a deep impact on IndiGo
UPDATED STORY - Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo ended its financial year 2020-2021 with an INR 58.064 billion after-tax loss. The result reflects the...
