The Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast

The editors of Airline Weekly discuss the most interesting developments within the commercial airline industry. In keeping with Airline Weekly’s style, conversation generally centers on one question: How do you make money in this industry?

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Frontier

Frontier Airlines CEO Interview: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 56

Because Frontier Airlines is a non-publicly-traded carrier (which, for one thing, means it doesn’t have earnings calls), it’s all the more interesting to interview the airline's CEO Barry Biffle. Of…

10 years ago

Aeroflot

Canadian Continuity: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 55

Despite a major oil bust and the weakening currency that followed, Canada’s airlines continue to plod along. Make no mistake, macro issues are leaving a mark on the earnings reports…

10 years ago

Air New Zealand

Qantas' Down Under Wonder: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 54

Qantas reported a best-ever annual result. Not bad for a company that’s 95 years old. And not bad for a company that was barely breaking even just a few years…

10 years ago

All Nippon

Korean Competitive Crunch: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 53

Korean carriers Asiana and Korean Air are being squeezed between rapid growth from Chinese carriers and new capacity coming out of Japan. But nonetheless, the two Korean carriers posted some…

10 years ago

Delta

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 52: Don't Dismiss Swiss Airlines

One of the bright spots in the Lufthansa Group’s second quarter earnings report was its Swiss unit, which bested Lufthansa mainline, the Austrian unit and even the healthy maintenance unit.…

10 years ago

Air France

Air France Is Missing Out: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 51

The second quarter year-over-year profit margin improved at Air France/KLM, but only because of a huge windfall from fuel. In fact, the real story is that the airline group is…

10 years ago

American

Have U.S. Airlines Peaked? Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 50

Earnings season is in full swing and really there’s too much to talk about within the average commute or treadmill run. So we’ll talk fast. And in this episode, our…

10 years ago

Delta

Delta Does it Again: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 49

Delta Airlines gets a lot of play in this episode, but it’s not because we’re obsessed with Delta. Rather, there are two practical reasons: First, Delta is the the earliest…

10 years ago

Azul

Azul’s Ambitions: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 48

Brazil’s Azul is no doubt an innovative airline. But has it become too clever by half with its low-cost longhaul venture? A couple years into the experiment, we discuss it…

10 years ago

Europe

Turkish Troubles: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 47

Turkish Airlines and its cross-town rival Pegasus were seeing trouble in their business before the attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport. In this episode we try to assess—or at least…

10 years ago