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The importance of ancillary revenues in Latin America

Each year, ancillary revenues are becoming more and more important for airlines across the world. According to CarTrawler’s 2020 Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue, the simple ancillary revenue average during the first quarter for 2020 among 17 surveyed airlines was 22.1%...
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Are aging fleets a problem?

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...
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Qatar Airways buys another airline stake

Today it emerged that Qatar Airways has bought another stake in an airline.  This time it spent $662m on a near 10% stake in Cathay Pacific.  The move by the airline follows a pattern as the table illustrates. We can expect a move in India soon, too. The green boxes...
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Qatar Airways is Making News at the Paris Air Show

Once again, Akbar Al Baker, Chief Executive of Qatar Airways is making news at the Paris Air Show in several areas.  We will quickly summarize them here: 1. An Equity Stake in American Today’s announcement that Qatar has approached American Airlines regarding a 10%...
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Are aging fleets a problem?

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With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that...