
Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 111: Deal. No Deal. Deal?
After pummeling each other for years, Icelandair and Wow Air agreed to a truce in the form of a merger. But the merger fell through. Now Wow Air may be finding comfort with serial airline investor Ind...
12 Dec 201834min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 110: A Mess in Mexico
More and more people are traveling by air in Mexico, but Mexico’s airlines continue to struggle. All four of its main carriers had a disappointing 3rd quarter, which is historically peak season. VivaA...
21 Nov 201845min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 109: Happy at Heathrow
Of Europe’s “Big Three” airline groups, International Airlines Group (IAG) continues to significantly outperform the other two, namely Air France/KLM and Lufthansa Group. A big part of IAG’s success i...
13 Nov 201829min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 108: Is American Airlines OK?
American Airlines truly set itself apart from its peers in the third quarter—and not in a good way. AA posted a dismal 7.5% operating profit margin, nearly half of Delta’s 13.9% margin. But, with good...
31 Okt 201833min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 107: Amazing Race
Delta is doing a remarkable job keeping pace with rapidly rising costs. Sure, the airline’s third-quarter fuel bill rose 35% year over year. But rising revenues offset enough of those costs that Delta...
17 Okt 201822min

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 ...
4 Okt 201844min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 105: Satisfaction in Sydney
Qantas continues to romp. In the first half of 2018, the flying kangaroo posted a 9% profit margin—one point better than in the same period last year. And with that, Qantas is working on its fourth co...
12 Sep 201836min

Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 104: Better, But Not Good
Revenues and margins improved for Cathay Pacific in the first half of 2018, and the second half is usually better for Cathay. Still, will it be enough to lift the Hong Kong carrier out of its malaise?...
28 Aug 201833min






















