Delta Air Lines kicked off the fiscal year 2020-results presentation on January 14, being the first US airline to have analyzed the numbers of the deep red year. In the coming weeks, we will update this story on all the major US airlines. Spirit Airlines (February...
There is, apparently, a “Great Fleet Question” going on at Alaska Airlines. The A319s are out because they were the “least efficient aircraft” in the fleet. Instead, the airline will acquire MAX9s as replacements – the airline does not...
What patterns do we find among the US airlines as they try to recover and stabilize their schedules in the midst of uncertain traffic flows? Here’s what we find among the major US airlines for single-aisle aircraft, through September YTD. You can view the model...
This is an updated model we published some months ago. Perhaps at the time, it was not apparent just how badly the US airlines were out of balance. The US airline industry has hundreds of highly articulate people who are adept at making their case on social media....
Sometimes it is hard to grasp just how much of a hit the US airline industry is taking. Probably over a million words have been published about this by now. How about a few pictures to illustrate how severely the pandemic has impacted the industry. We offer four...
