The future of German leisure airline Condor has been secured after Polish Aviation Group (PGL) announced it will take over the airline. The agreement is expected to be completed in April and means consolidation in the Central/Eastern European market. Condor…
Airlines can soon hedge their ticket price revenues with a new financial product launched by Airbus-subsidiary Skytra Ltd. The tool was unveiled on January 20 in Dublin, where this week the air financial and leasing industry gathers for the Airline…
AirInsight is in Montreal for the Air Canada event celebrating the entry into service of the Airbus A220 (nee Bombardier CSeries.) Prior to the event, we were able to interview several individuals, whose videos follow. First up is Captain Tompkins,…
It is a common thread that airlines pad their schedules. The idea is that they do not want to show up late because that does not look good. The logic behind the padding idea is clear. But how big of…
Ryanair regained its leading position as Europe’s biggest airline in passenger numbers: the Irish low-cost flew 152.4 million pax in 2019, including LaudaMotion. This makes her bigger than Lufthansa again, who secured pole position in 2018. Now that most airline…
Using the updated T2 data we updated our US airline ASM model. The race among the big three is intense. A revitalized United is chasing Delta. American seems to have lost its mojo. Looking at the big four , they…