For the first time, Air France-KLM and associated airlines carried more than 100 million passengers in a year. The airline group concluded 2018 with 101.4m passengers, +2.8% over the previous year, it announced on January 9. Results could have been…
Dutch low-cost airline Transavia and its French sister Transavia France, both 100% daughters of Air France/KLM, are poised to decide mid-year on fleet renewal plans. If KLM has made up its mind too, this could include a 100+ aircraft order…
Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the trends. Over the half a century of airliner leasing it has been a booming business. “In 1970 a half of…
With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that airplanes are vulnerable. There is nothing quite like an airline/airplane scary story to catch people’s attention. The industry safety statistics are too good to…
Various sources have reported today that IAG has taken a 4.6% stake in Norwegian. Both sides are being careful with any statements. Norwegian is going to spin this as being good because they are attractive with a viable business model. …
The results are grim. Etihad reported a loss of $1.9bn. Emirates announced its first decline in profits in five years. And Qatar is besieged and indications are to expect it to report 30% lower revenues because of the neighboring countries…