Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 24: Rapidly Receding Revenues
Where Delta’s revenues were relatively resilient, United’s are rapidly receding, at least in the fourth quarter. In Episode 24—informally “part two” of U.S. earnings season—we discuss the sources of U...
27 Tammi 201631min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 23: Relatively Resilient Revenues
Delta kicked off earnings season with—yawn—another record-breaking fourth quarter highlighted by a pre-tax profit that starts with a “b” (and ends with an “illion.”) The success is coming from a lot o...
20 Tammi 201626min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 22: Fast and Furious in India
Regardless of whether it’s up or down, India’s airline market tends to be one of thrills and spills. And right now, we’re seeing both—IndiGo is providing the thrills, Air India the spills. Meanwhile, ...
12 Tammi 201627min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 21: Ultra Low-Cost Competition
Ultra-low-cost carriers like Frontier Airlines are facing in 2016 a whole different animal—a beast that we call “fare compression.” In fact, America in 2016 might see a first-time experiment in which ...
6 Tammi 201628min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 20: Mexico's Low-Cost Renaissance
Mexico is finding joy in a low-cost carrier renaissance as Volaris, Interjet and VivaAerobus are all growing and profiting. But the profits aren’t being distributed equally. Why is one carrier perform...
16 Joulu 201536min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 19: American Air CEO Interview
Shouldn’t Doug Parker be dancing in the end zone? He is, after all, the CEO of a mega-airline with mega-profits at a time of economic strength and falling fuel prices. But even this airline has challe...
9 Joulu 201537min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 18: Korean Air's Success Amid the Struggle
The number of challenges facing Korean Air could fill an A380. Nonetheless the airline remains quite profitable. Korean Air’s prime competitor, Asiana, has not been as fortunate, and we discuss the di...
1 Joulu 201525min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 17: EasyJet Does It
Not so surprisingly, easyJet wrapped up a strong earnings season in Europe with some strong numbers of its own. We looked at what’s working for easyJet but also why it can’t quite top rivals Ryanair o...
24 Marras 201524min
