Of the myriad challenges facing airline chief executives this year, securing government clearance to operate international services will be among the more pressing concerns. Australia and its flag carrier Qantas are an early example of the potential differences of opinion...
Already a largely uncontested international force among African carriers pre-pandemic, Ethiopian Airlines under Tewolde Gebremariam is positioned to further increase its footprint on the continent once the threat of the pandemic subsides. Speaking in February, Gebremariam notes that combined with...
When the airline industry eventually emerges from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it will be more indebted than ever. For businesses that have needed to turn to governments for financial help, that new debt is perhaps being felt even...
Singapore Airlines chief executive Goh Choon Phong is in for another tough year, amid the pandemic and the grounding of the carrier’s multi-hub strategy. Of the SIA Group’s 185 aircraft, only 64 passenger jets and seven freighters were in service...
Planning to launch transatlantic flights during what, at best, will be a pandemic recovery phase may seem foolhardy. But under the leadership of Robin Hayes, JetBlue Airways is planning to enter a market that has been fiercely defended by network...
As if navigating a hub airline with little origin and destination traffic out of the crisis was not challenging enough, Qatar Airways and its chief executive Akbar Al Baker also have a string of minority stakes in other carriers to...
One solution to the challenges of running an airline during a pandemic that has decimated your network is to pivot the business towards non-aviation activities, and that is the tack being taken by AirAsia Group under the guidance of chief...
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways was just starting to emerge from its major restructuring under chief executive Tony Douglas when the global pandemic took hold. While this left the carrier in better shape to cope with the challenges the pandemic brought,...
For all its challenges, the year ahead marks one of opportunity for Korean Air and its chief executive Walter Cho. After announcing a W1.8 trillion ($1.62 billion) takeover bid for embattled rival Asiana Airlines last November, it is now working...
Of all the moments to take control of an airline group, March 2020 perhaps ranks as one of the least attractive in history. But that was the reality facing LATAM Airlines Group chief executive Roberto Alvo, who assumed the top...