An interesting airline consolidation in Norway: Norwegian will fully acquire regional carrier Wideroe. Norwegian will pay NOK 11.25 billion ($106 million) for Wideroe, which will continue as a separate entity operating under its own name. The acquisition follows an extensive partnership…
Riyadh Air is still busy with a sales campaign for narrowbody aircraft and will not make any order announcements at this week’s Paris Airshow . When the start-up carrier of Saudi Arabia will be ready and how many aircraft it…
ITA Airways is structurally a cost-competitive airline with no legacy to its predecessor Alitalia and should be profitable from 2025 under Lufthansa’s wings. The Italian carrier will help Lufthansa to become even more international and less dependent on its home markets,…
Flair Airlines is a Canadian-based low-cost carrier based in Edmonton, Alberta. The company bills itself as Canada’s first and only independent Ultra-Low-Cost-Carrier (ULCC). Using the route analytics tools available, we’ve examined Flair’s route network to determine which routes appear to…
Moving to catch the wind of rebounding international travel to China, Kenya Airways and China Southern Airlines are touting the inter-connectivity of their networks, announcing the reactivation of their interline agreement. Flights under the interline opened for booking across the…
UPDATE – United Airlines reported a $-194 million Q1 loss for what has been a strong first quarter. The carrier generated an all-time high operating free cash flow of $3.0 billion, which according to CEO Scott Kirby will help United achieve…