airlines

India’s largest domestic airline IndiGo has posted a record net profit for the first quarter of the airline’s 2023-24 financial year, 01 Apr – 30 Jun Pieter Elbers, the airline’s chief executive officer, said: “That very positive momentum from the last two quarters has also continued in this quarter as we started the new year […]

In the early months of 2001, low-cost competition was heating up in Canada. WestJet had started operations a few years ago in 1996 and was growing quickly. Discount airline Canada 3000 had been a charter operator in Canada for many years but began offering scheduled flights in May of 2001. The world was also seeing […]

The International Airlines Group (IAG) has delivered an astounding turnaround by posting a record operating profit for the first half of 2023 (1H23). The parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, LEVEL, and Aer Lingus achieved a €1.26 billion ($1.39 billion) result for 1H23. A contrast to the same period last year when the consortium […]

Ryanair is gearing up to serve a war-stricken nation.

This past Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives voted down a new provision to allow an increase in the number of flights operated into and out of the closest airport to the Nation’s Capital, Washington Reagan National Airport. The legislation would have allowed carriers to operate more routes, aimed explicitly toward Western destinations. However, […]

A stunning new livery is getting attention.

American Airlines and JetBlue announced Friday that from July 21, both carriers will begin the ‘first step in the wind-down process’ of their ‘pro-competitive, pro-consumer Northeast Alliance (NEA).’ The move reported by Reuters comes after a U.S. District Court Judge ruled in May that the three-year-old alliance ‘”substantially” diminished competition in the domestic airline market.’ […]

Even after bankruptcy, Avianca has made major strides in retrofitting its fleet.

On Wednesday, Jun 28, Avelo Airlines made their return to BZN. A flight that I was excited to be on. My experience with the Purple clad airline is limited as I have only flown with them once before, on their airline’s inaugural in April 2021. As a Bozeman-based writer, my trip started on the return […]

As a flyer one of the worst things you can hear is that your flight home has been cancelled. This happened to me, as well as thousands of other passengers, last week. I was in Los Angeles after covering Avelo’s flight to Burbank from Bozeman and as I so often do, booked my return flight […]