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Asia Pacific dominated biggest routes by seat capacity in 2024, but Middle East made its mark
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An annual report from OAG on the world's busiest airport to airport routes as measured by seat capacity reveals no great changes...
Competitive dynamics are shifting for South Korean LCCs
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The tragic crash of a Jeju Air 737 -800 on 29-Dec-2024 has turned the spotlight on the South Korean LCC industry, a sector that is in...
European airlines unit cost analysis: CASK is still king
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A scatter plot of European airlines showing cost per available seat kilometre (CASK) against average trip length reveals much about their relative...
Outlook 2025: Asia Pacific – familiar challenges persist
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The Asia Pacific airline industry is set to continue its international capacity growth in 2025 and finally move past the pre-pandemic...
Outlook 2025: Europe – Europe's top 10 groups are outpacing wider European market, led by LCCsFeatured Analysis
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Europe 's airlines can look back on 2024 as the year when they finally completed the capacity recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Seat capacity...
Outlook 2025: North America – premium ambitions run strong among region's airlines
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If an algorithm was created to track the number of times premium was used in North American airline discourse over a couple of years, the...
Another huge airport coming in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – living up to the hype
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Air transportation in the Middle East has been developing rapidly and the Gulf area has become the epicentre of activity, its main...
Turkish Airlines SWOT: profitable growth continues, network balance improves
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On 29-Nov-2024 Turkish Airlines ( THY ) added Sydney to its network (via Kuala Lumpur ) - its second destination...
Tipping Point – regulators must step up for airlines to meet net-zero goals
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More than a decade ago, the aviation sector set a series of lofty goals around aviation sustainability: improve fuel efficiency by 1.5% per annum;...
Japanese airlines adjust to persistent post-pandemic demand extremes
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The stark imbalance in the Japanese international travel market is showing no signs of fading, as the glacial pace of the outbound recovery...