Airline Weekly – Airline Industry News and Analysis for Aviation Professionals

Video Shorts

Watch more on YouTube

Latest Airline Weekly Issues

Jet Fuel Frenzy

It’s week four of the Iran war, with not much relief in sight for beleaguered airlines. Many Gulf carriers still aren’t operating anything close to their normal schedules.

Cathay Terrific

As the Iran conflict enters its third week, airlines worldwide are scrambling to ease the pain of skyrocketing jet fuel prices. First and foremost, they’re raising fares, as Cathay Pacific…

Qantas: Hoping to Hop Higher

Throughout last week, heavy hitters like IAG, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines reported strong profits. Same for some smaller airlines like Thai Airways and Virgin Australia—they join Latam, Aeromexico, Avianca, and…

Where Will UAE Carriers Go Next?

Thanks to the airline Emirates, the United Arab Emirates established itself as a critical node in global air travel. Its influence keeps growing, with three other major UAE-based airlines growing…

Icelandair's Despair

Here’s a giant question for airlines on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean: Is the transatlantic boom petering out? Icelandair and Finnair see weakness. Air Canada doesn’t. Based on earlier…

Skift Travel 200 Aviation Performance

The Skift Travel 200 combines the financial performance of nearly 200 travel companies worth more than a trillion dollars into a single number. The ST200 makes it easy to track travel industry performance for the first time ever.

What am I looking at? The performance of the airlines sub-sectors within the ST200

How to read this chart: The airlines sector can be further divided into sub-sectors. This chart shows how each of these segments has performed relative to one another and helps us understanding what is driving broader airlines performance.

Learn more about the ST200 by reading our full methodology.

Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast

Airline Loyalty: The Financial Powerhouse at the Center of Airline Strategy

As major financial powerhouses and robust passenger engagement engines, airline loyalty programs are leveraging technology for hyper-personalisation, with a strong focus on engaging less frequent flyers.

The remarkable resilience of the airline industry in the post-pandemic period is being tested once again, this time by a forced restructuring of the global economic order.

Navigating the Future: What’s Next for Global Distribution Systems?

Sluggish recovery in the air distribution business, despite record travel demand, signals a disturbing trend for global distribution systems (GDSs). Without a one-size-fits-all strategy, GDSs should look again at their business models as airlines continue to push for direct bookings.

Skift Aviation Forum

Watch complete sessions from Skift Aviation Forum, held in Dallas, TX in November 2024.

View all sessions on YouTube.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom.

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan.

Free Airline Newsletter from Skift

Breaking news and in-depth reporting about airlines and airports by Skift and Airline Weekly's editors and contributors.