Issues

Is Russia an important airline market? For most global airlines in 2017, the answer was no. But in the world’s largest country by land mass—and ninth largest by population—developments are…

So far, trends still look good. But uncertainty looms for Europe’s 20th busiest airport… again.

There’s a bullish feeling about the global economy. The U.S., Europe and Japan are growing at their fastest pace in years. China and India continue to hum. Emerging markets like…

No place symbolizes China’s economic miracle quite like the city of Shenzhen. Often described as a mere fishing village before 1980, it’s today home to some 12m people, with a…

Few expected 17% to be the new norm. That was the U.S. airline industry’s collective operating margin for all of 2015, when just about everything was going right, most importantly…

Of the world’s 50 busiest airports in 2016, 16 (or roughly a third) were in fast-growing East Asia. And which of these 16 saw the fastest growth of all?

Outside Scandinavia, anyway, every European airline that reported financial results for the second quarter posted operating margins that were higher this year than last. It’s just one manifestation of an…

Air Canada, as discussed in last week’s Airline Weekly cover story, is among the airline industry’s marquee turnaround stories, joining others like the U.S. Big Three and Japan Airlines. Another…

What’s the greatest airline turnaround story of the past decade? There is no shortage of candidates, from Delta to Japan Airlines to Avianca.

Now a publicly traded company, Azul has a lot to say. And many stakeholders like what they’re hearing.