Lufthansa shows its muscles
European air transport giant Lufthansa published last Thursday a record net profit of 2.36 billion euros in 2017, an exercise marked by the end of a long conflict with its pilots and the disappearance of its rival Air Berlin. Analysts interviewed by financial service provider Factset were expecting 2.28 billion...
READING TIME: 1 minChina is coming through the sky in force
Competition from Gulf companies is often mentioned in these columns. But other competitors will arrive in Europe and especially in France. The future giants are definitely not always the ones we believe in. . Traffic rights more than doubled for Chinese companies China and France have agreed to a significant expansion...
READING TIME: 2 minFlying taxi on the right track
In recent times, we have been witnessing technological wagers between billionaires. And when it's not the Hyperloop that makes the news, it's a new version of Concorde or simply autonomous cars loaded with technology. But it seems to be in the air that the future of mass transport will...
READING TIME: 2 minWhat future for European airlines compagnies ?
How to understand the craze of Gulf companies for European carriers preferably in poor health? The answer is probably in the composition of the fleets of carriers. Let's forget the "secondary" airlines like Gulf Air and Kuwait Airways and let's leave out the Middle East companies "Continental", I mean...
READING TIME: 2 minWhy are airliners so uncomfortable?
Why are commercial aircraft increasingly delayed and uncomfortable? Patrick Smith, airline pilot and blogger, author of the book « confidential...
Air Astana returns to profitability in 2017
Air Astana realized a profit of $39.1 million in 2017 and returned to profit after the first loss in...
Air Italy attacks Alitalia directly
New name, new colours and new ambition: the Italian airline Meridiana, 49%-owned by Qatar Aiways, becomes Air Italy with...
A Tokyo to Paris flight that’s eye-catching
It had to happen. Japanese people are never short of ideas. First Airlines was created to never fly. ....
Air France-KLM returns to growth
On Friday, the Air France-KLM group announced « solid results » for 2017 driven by the recovery in demand, particularly in...
Sky news: Air Transat, Saratov Arilines, Finnair, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Dragon, easyJet, etc.
The Russian airline company Saratov Arilines announced yesterday Monday that it has decided to suspend the operation of its...
