About the US airline recovery
We now have much more recent data thanks to FlightRadar24, which when combined with the TSA daily counts, provides us with a sense of how the US airline industry is doing. It is better but a long way – very…
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US air travel recovery spluttering
Like everyone else attached to the commercial aviation business, we have been wishing air travel to show a robust recovery. It isn’t happening. At least not yet. Updating our model this morning note that the volumes are up – but…
Slow way back to recovery – Qantas and UAE carriers ramp up services
Thursday, June 4. June is on the calendar, which means airlines have targeted a slow but progressive return to flying after two months of almost no activity. They include airlines in Europe but Singapore Airlines has planned a progressive return to…
The remarkable improvement in US airline fuel efficiency
Today the US Dot released some updated numbers on fuel burn and costs. As expected fuel cost has dropped remarkably – but so has consumption. No traffic, no fuel demand, and oil prices drop. Take a look at the charts. …
Lufthansa targets swift return to pre-Covid cost levels
Lufthansa Group recorded a EUR -2,1 billion net loss for the first quarter, it announced on June 3 during a delayed Q1-results presentation. Remember this period includes only the start of the Covid-19 crisis, so there is worse to come…
Wizz optimistic about swift recovery from crisis
Yes, the airline industry is in the midst of the worst crisis it has ever seen. And yes, this has had an impact on its operations, but Central and Eastern European ultra-low-cost airline Wizz Air is optimistic it will come…