Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 13: Great American
Well that didn’t last long. American Airlines, the biggest carrier in the world, set a new quarterly profit record, with a $1.9b net profit in the third quarter. Of course, there are some technicaliti...
27 Okt 201522min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 12: Delta's Payday
How did Delta achieve its record-breaking quarter? We touch on some of the root causes, including Delta’s push for cheap aircraft and near-perfect operations. Also, we discuss Delta’s plan for flat or...
20 Okt 201520min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 11: Lufthansa's Competition Grows
Lufthansa is facing competition from Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, Air Berlin, Vueling, Turkish Airlines, Emirates and probably your brother. Competition is not a new thing, but the severity is growing....
14 Okt 201524min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 10: Southwest’s Golden Years
In airline years, Southwest is certainly old enough to be put out to pasture. Instead, the massive airline is making money like never before. Could some of its contrarian moves, like no bag fees, actu...
7 Okt 201520min
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 9: A New Frontier
Posting a $54m profit in its second quarter, Frontier Airlines has joined the ranks of America’s most profitable airlines. Frontier and America’s other ultra-low-cost carrier, Spirit, are both highly ...
30 Sep 201526min
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 Sep 201522min
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 Sep 201526min
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
