Lufthansa Group confirmed its position as Europe’s leading airlines group by carrying a record number of 142.3m passengers in 2018, it announced on January 10. This is a 10% increase over 2017 and 9.4m passengers more than its next competitor…
Despite numerous strikes and continuing social unrest, Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair recorded an 8% traffic growth in 2018. The airline flew 132.9m passenger, compared to 128.9m in 2017, it announced today. The 2018 figure includes 0.3m passengers flying with LaudaMotion,…
Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the trends. Over the half a century of airliner leasing it has been a booming business. “In 1970 a half of…
Airlines know that fast turnarounds mean profits – Southwest advertised ten-minute turns back in 1982. While there have been various claims about turnaround times, there has been a shortage of data to help determine just how important this factor is…
The news from Ryanair is going to scare its competitors. Ryanair reported a 7% increase in H1 profits to €1,168m as AGB and lower fares delivered 12% traffic growth to 65m customers and a 2% jump in load factor to…
We have posted a few stories about the single aisle bubble. Now it seems there are cracks in delivery slots coming. Michael O’Leary has an insatiable appetite for 737s. If delivery slots open up, exploiting them will be a card…