Covid-19 not only seems to wipe out a generation of vulnerable and elderly men and women, but as a consequence of the effect it has on aviation also the vulnerable and elderly aircraft types. We witnessed this on March 29,…
International Airlines Group (IAG) has reported ‘good results’ for 2019 despite disruptions and higher fuel costs. Still, they were worse compared to 2018. IAG recorded an operating profit before exceptional items of EUR 3.285 billion, down -200 million from the…
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…
Willie Walsh made no secret about his desire to retire as International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO before reaching the age of 60 in October 2021. He repeated it during last November’s Capital Markets Day, but on January 9, IAG confirmed…
With the A380 about to leave the stage by late 2021, Airbus has got itself a new high-capacity seat airliner. On November 27, the A350-1000 has been certified by the European Union Safety Agency (EASA) to operate with 480 seats,…
International Airlines Group (IAG) has revised its medium-term growth forecast. Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) is expected to grow by on average 3.4 percent annually until 2022 compared to the previous guidance of 7.4 percent. This number has already been revised…