Issues

It’s rightly called an LCC. But it’s also an HRC: a high-revenue carrier. Southwest long ago gained fame by inventing lowcost air travel, but its success today is just as…

It was a geopolitical earthquake for sure, and potentially a seismic shift as well for the region’s globally significant airlines. Last week, several Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia and the…

What exactly is low-cost longhaul service? Some people say the label applies to Gulf carriers or Chinese carriers. These do, in fact, fly longhaul routes with a lower-than-industry -average cost…

When it comes to attracting attention, Boost rules the roost. That’s the new lower-cost airline Air France is creating, with great fanfare, to cut losses on longhaul and shorthaul routes…

Do U.S. airlines have cost concerns? You’d better believe it. Last quarter, the industry saw its operating expenses swell 11%, far above its 2% increase in revenues.

Is LATAM a loser? An untrained observer might jump to that conclusion after its four consecutive years of net losses. From 2011 through 2015, Latin America’s largest airline accumulated $676m…

Economically speaking, it’s not a flattering comparison. But the island of Puerto Rico can’t escape the resemblance: It’s the Greece of North America.

Is this finally the end for Italy’s long-suffering national airline?

Last year, according to IATA, India’s domestic airline market, measured by revenue passenger kilometers, grew a sensational 23%—and that’s after growing 20% the year before. And what is all this…

The U.S. market, long fragmented, is now consolidated. The European market, still fragmented, is becoming more consolidated. But East Asia? It has never been more fragmented.