At what price do you run a low-cost airline? And who will pay the price for a cheap ticket? Questions like this spring to mind when you follow the news around Ryanair’s Austrian subsidiary Laudamotion last week.In a fight not…
How will we fly on an airplane when the worst of Covid-19 is over? Will we fly and under what conditions? Which load factors make sense if social distancing needs to be applied? These are some of the questions the…
Captains of Europe’s Big Five airlines are worried but not in a panic about how Covid-19 will impact the air travel industry this year. At least, that has been their message at the Airline 4 Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit in…
Ryanair is expecting delivery of its first Boeing MAX 200s to slip until March or April at the earliest, with more delays not ruled out. This means the Irish low-cost airline will reap the benefits from operating the more fuel-efficient…
Are you expecting more airline failures in Europe in 2019? With dramatic voice, CNN’s Richard Quest put forward this question to five airline CEO’s in the closing debate at last week’s Airlines 4 Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit in Brussels. “Yes!”,…
From sudden opportunity to strategic investment: that sums up the position that Austrian low-cost carrier LaudaMotion has taken within Ryanair, the Irish LCC and the number 2-airline within Europe on passenger volumes. But what’s the plan behind this? Airinsight briefly…