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 Aug 201520min
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 Aug 201523min
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 Aug 201524min
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 Jul 201523min
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 Jul 201525min
