Delta loss shows availability key to Boeing’s widebody strategy
Boeing stretches 777-9X fuselage from 76.5m to 76.7m: exclusive Airlines, most likely Emirates, asking for more seats on 777X: sources Boeing to announce more seats on 777-9X in Q2 2015: sources 777X...
View ArticleANA marches on to achieve profitability parity with JAL
ANA narrows CASK gap with JAL to 0.57% ANA has 46.2% higher employee productivity than JAL Fleet renewal key to eradicating 49.2% & 47.2% maintenance & depreciation per ASK gap with JAL ANA has...
View ArticleIs Singapore Airlines getting its mojo back?
SIA’s return on capital employed (ROCE) collapsed from pre-GFC threshold of 8% SIA’s break-even load factor below its actual L/F in 12 of past 15 quarters Premium economy progress partially offset by...
View ArticleCathay Pacific begins the next chapter of growth
Unrealised mark-to-market fuel hedging loss totalled HK$14.3 billion Forex gains narrowed reduction in cashflow hedges to HK$12.48 billion 61% hedged at US$95/bbl Brent in 2015; 60% at US$85 in 16, 50%...
View ArticleVirgin Australia marks rite of passage
Virgin’s domestic ASK share grew from 35.22% to 36.79% in 3 years FY16’s A$162 million pricing benefit a 13.6% saving of fuel bill, versus 7.61% at Qantas Qantas’s A$300 million pricing benefit, with...
View ArticleCathay Pacific’s new livery signifies fresh direction
Forex impacted first-half yield by 3% Aspire Aviation finds 87.5% correlation between CX pax yield & jet fuel prices CX would have achieved 11.34% net profit margin without hedging losses Australia...
View ArticlePictures: Cathay Pacific unveils revised livery
As part of an effort to better align the corporate branding across its aircraft, new Studioilse-designed lounges in Tokyo Haneda, Manila, Bangkok and The Pier First Class lounge in Hong Kong, oneworld...
View Article(Updated) China Airlines, EVA Air look beyond a lost decade
China Airlines to post first annual net profit since 2010 China Airlines/EVA Air lost a combined NT$28.24 billion since 2006 Cross-strait flights biggest & 2nd-biggest region by no. of seats at EVA...
View ArticleIs the Airbus A380 coming of age?
Cheap oil exacerbates divergence in passenger & cargo markets growth When full, 509-seat A380 has 16.8% lower block fuel burn per seat against 264-seat 777-300ER 83% full A380 burns similar fuel...
View ArticleCathay Pacific’s prospect poised to take flight
Cathay may launch ‘dynamic packaging’ that includes hotel, car rentals: source CX’s onboard wi-fi to be free for usage: source ‘Enhance’ not improving yields materially: source Eva Air to become cargo...
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