With its huge order in 2011, American not only secured 460 new fuel-efficient aircraft, but it also forced Boeing to launch the MAX. At the time, the win for Airbus at American was big news. Airbus had not sold an…
Whatever the HY1 2019 results of easyjet will be when they are disclosed on May 17, don’t expect black numbers here from the airline’s operations at Berlin Tegel. As CEO Johan Lundgren recently told Airinsight: “We made a huge improvement…
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…
Europe’s airlines have sent out a clear message to policymakers and air traffic service providers to urgently address inefficiencies in airspace control. Airlines 4 Europe (A4E) members were united on this on March 6 at their 2019 Aviation Summit in…
Ryanair blames 6 percent lower fares due to excessive capacity in Europe for its Q3 FY2019 loss of €19.6m, down from a €105.6m profit the previous year. The Irish low-cost carrier expects HY2 fares to be on average 7 percent…