Can long haul low cost be viable in Europe?
Photo credit: Norse Atlantic Airways / flynorse.com I had been planning to write on this topic ever since Norwegian announced that it was closing its long-haul network as part of its restructuring. The debate has only intensified since, particularly as the founder of Norwegian, Bjorn Kos, has announced a new airline dedicated to long-haul low…
Is now a good time to start an airline?
Within the airline industry, one thing that stands out as you look at how different groups are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic is the number of new airlines that have publicly stated they are looking to start-up in the next few months. Recently, Aviation Week identified thirty that plan to start operations in 2021. Whilst…
Can JetBlue shake up the transatlantic market?
One of the most anticipated route developments of recent years has been JetBlue’s intent to start flying across the Atlantic from its North East US hubs of Boston and New York JFK into London. Why so anticipated? Apart from the fact that JetBlue is a well-liked operator, additional competition in the Transatlantic market is almost…
Sunday Squawk 28.02.21
Welcome to this week’s Sunday Squawk where I will pick three topics each week that have been in the news to explore in a bit more detail. FINNAIR TO MOVE AWAY FROM CHINA? It’s results season for airlines and, not surprisingly, many of them have posted horrendous losses. Whilst not as bad as some of…
Sunday Squawk 21.02.21
EUROPE TO COPY THE US? Most airlines have suffered heavily as a result of Covid, but few as piercingly as the Irish wet-lease carrier, Cityjet. Cityjet has an interesting history; it was previously a part of Air France and a scheduled carrier in its own right. However,80% of its business evaporated overnight when four of…
Sunday Squawk 14.02.21
Welcome to this week’s Sunday Squawk where I will pick three topics each week that have been in the news to explore in a bit more detail. NO SOARING CONDOR FOR LUFTHANSA? Lufthansa has a long history of being accused of anti-competitive behaviour, dating back 20 years to when low cost carriers first emerged. It’s…
Sunday Squawk 07.02.21
Photo credit: Airlinesfleet.com Welcome to this week’s Sunday Squawk where I will pick three topics each week that have been in the news to explore in a bit more detail. WET LEASE OPERATORS GOING STRONG? One of the interesting things to observe during the pandemic has been its impact on ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance &…
Sunday Squawk 31.01.21
Photo credit: Flight Global Welcome to this week’s Sunday Squawk where I will pick three topics each week that have been in the news to explore in a bit more detail. STRATEGY CHANGE IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC? Is a global pandemic the right time for an airline to pivot to a new fleet…
Sunday Squawk 24.01.21
Welcome to this week’s Sunday Squawk where I will pick three topics each week that have been in the news to explore in a bit more detail. KLM AHEAD OR BEHIND THE CURVE? It was a bad week for KLM which announced this week it was going to cut another 1,000 jobs in addition to…
Sunday Squawk 17.01.20 – What are the impacts of Norwegian’s long haul withdrawal?
Photo credit: Wikipedia This week’s Sunday Squawk will be a little different, focusing on the big industry announcement this week that Europe’s biggest long haul, low cost operator, Norwegian, is withdrawing from the long haul market. In this week’s edition, I explore three different impacts of this announcement. FINAL NAIL IN THE (LONG HAUL) COFFIN…
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