US Airlines – Market share
US Airlines - Market share
US Airlines - Market share

Airline customers in the US can expect ticket prices to be up by some double-digit numbers in the coming months as US airlines will pass on higher fuel prices. They follow a trend seen in other regions of the world,…

US airline carbon footprint calculations

A recent trip by your correspondent confirmed (anecdotally) that there are a LOT of US domestic air travelers and the talk of "pent up demand" is no myth. US airports are busy - very busy.

With growing chatter about fuel burn and rising fuel prices, we kept digging in the data and came up with some interesting metrics for your consideration. The greener the number in the table the better. Our metric is seat miles…

Delta stated today on its earnings call its concern with rising fuel prices, and how this will negatively impact their earnings. The rise in traffic is welcome, but that rise may not be fast enough to offset rising fuel costs.…