Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 106: Not So Sunny at Sun Country

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 106: Not So Sunny at Sun Country

Sun Country is largely missing out on the golden age that U.S. carriers have been basking in since 2015. In the past 12 months (ending with the second quarter, the most recent to be reported) all the U.S. carriers posted operating profit margins ranging from a healthy 9% to an excellent 16%—except for Sun Country, which delivered a distant 4% margin. Will Sun shine again? One airline enjoying the U.S. party is Frontier, which had a solid second quarter despite a 19% increase in operating costs. Talks of an Emirates-Etihad merger have heated up, according to a Bloomberg report. A merger might save Etihad, but who will save these other troubled airlines? South African Airways, Fastjet and Jet Airways are all facing dire straits. Lastly, JetBlue is adding a basic economy fare class. Will it be the last U.S. airline to do so?

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Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 8: Africa's Biggest Airline?

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 8: Africa's Biggest Airline?

Ethiopian Airlines is growing aggressively—and apparently profitably—while other African carriers are struggling. The airline’s centralized location seems to give it a big advantage over other African...

23 Syys 201522min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 7: Checkmate for United? Not Quite

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 7: Checkmate for United? Not Quite

Can United Airlines’ new CEO overcome the carrier’s inherent challenges? United is big, powerful and, at the moment, very profitable. But it’s also underperforming Delta and American. When United and ...

16 Syys 201526min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 5: Cold Comfort in Canada

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 5: Cold Comfort in Canada

Canada may be a cold place, but right now its two major airlines are cruising along with comfortable profit margins. Still, what we’re seeing from WestJet and Air Canada is a far cry from what U.S. ca...

18 Elo 201520min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 4: The Wild, Wild Eastern Market

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 4: The Wild, Wild Eastern Market

The creditors of bankrupt Skymark Airlines chose All Nippon Airways (ANA) as its equity partner going forward. This of course leaves Delta—again!—without a dance partner in Asia. With that news, we ta...

12 Elo 201523min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 3: The European Earnings Picture Is Complicated

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 3: The European Earnings Picture Is Complicated

With most European airlines having now reported second-quarter earnings, the picture is filling in. But it’s a mosaic—not a portrait. Some carriers did well. Some did lousy. One thing we learned from ...

5 Elo 201524min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 2: Postcards from the Hedge

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 2: Postcards from the Hedge

American Airlines doesn’t hedge its jet fuel, and now it’s enjoying the fruits of that somewhat contrarian strategy. Is AA onto something here? Is fuel hedging a smart play? Will other airlines mimic ...

29 Heinä 201523min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 1: Can It Get Any Better?

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 1: Can It Get Any Better?

Our inaugural episode of the Airline Weekly Lounge went live today. Within it, Seth Kaplan and I discuss this golden age for U.S. aviation. Can profits get any better? Along those lines, Delta reporte...

22 Heinä 201525min

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