UPDATE – Another US airline to report record-high revenues in March is Alaska Airlines. Like American Airlines, Alaska’s revenues for the month exceeded 2019 levels for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the airline said on April…
Air travel in the US is back to the unrestricted pre-Covid days as airlines no longer require passengers and aircrew to wear facemasks onboard aircraft. This follows a Florida court ruling on April 18, which overturned an earlier recommendation from…
Op cost update among US airlines
Alaska Airlines is more and more reverting to the holy grail of low-cost carriers by accelerating its transition to a single fleet until late 2023. Out will go the ten remaining and leased Airbus A321neo’s in the mainline fleet and…
Alaska's A321neos
Alaska Airlines’ decision to diversify its Boeing MAX order portfolio to include the -8 and -10 as well seems like a logical choice to safeguard future fleet flexibility. By relying on just the MAX 9, the carrier would have been restricted…