Can airlines dictate their law to the states?
Higher airline taxes, growing passenger demand and pressure from low-cost carriers are colliding across Europe, setting up a battle with major implications for tourism and connectivity.
About Jean-Louis Baroux
Jean-Louis Baroux is the founder of APG Network and leader of Airline representation in 145 countries and for more than 240 airline clients.
Author of The Chronicle of Jean-Louis Baroux, an expert and critic eye on the strategic issues of transport and distribution
Jean-Louis is Executive Product Director, APG Interline Eticketing Plus (APG IET+)
Entries by Jean-Louis Baroux
Air Transport, Tension Between Carriers and Distributors
Recently, IATA, the airlines' organisation and owner of the BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan), has
further hardened its position towards travel agents. The information reported by Déplacements Pros
is important. It would seem that the tension between operators and distributors has been revived
after the period of calm that followed the collapse of air transport during Covid.
Towards the Transformation of “Low Costs”
Southwest Airlines, the benchmark of the “low cost” model, has gradually evolved toward a hybrid system as rising costs and changing market expectations reshaped its fundamentals. This strategic shift, welcomed by investors, may signal a broader transformation for low-cost carriers worldwide.
Why Do Carriers Want to Get Bigger and Bigger?
An airline is valuable not only for its economic contribution, but also because it is a powerful cultural vehicle.
These Abuses That Penalise Air Transport
All air transport customers are well aware that certain practices seem curious, even useless.
Interactions between the actors are parsimonious, to say the least, each of them wanting to preserve some small advantages over others and legislators sometimes meddle in what does not concern them.
Communication in Air Transport, Still Progress to Be Made
It is always interesting to attend international conferences, especially if, like the recent World Connect, they bring together participants from 92 countries, i.e. from all over the world. This avoids always revolving around the same subjects.
The Struggle of the Giants
How else can we describe the struggle between aircraft manufacturers? I’m not just talking about Airbus and Boeing, but also about engine manufacturers, equipment manufacturers and new entrants, Chinese in particular, not to mention Embraer and even ATR. The figures published by the firm ID Aero, whose analyses are authoritative, are a bit dizzying.
Air Transport, the Real Competition Is Through Airports
The development of air transport is measured by its growth in the number of passengers, it will reach 5 billion in 2026 and in turnover, it will be close to 1,000 billion dollars in 2025 and will exceed it in. Let’s keep in mind the continuous increase in volume and revenue of the sector of activity even if the economic results of airlines are not always there. But, since the end of Covid, the situation has improved. In fact, growth is driven by the arrival of more efficient aircraft, which allows a drop in prices sharpened by a race for the most efficient display in the very large distributors on the Internet.
Air Transport, The Easy Target.
Decidedly, you have to have a strong backbone to create an airline. The more we advance in technology, the more perfect safety becomes, the more fuel consumption decreases, the more air transport basically becomes a model for the future of the planet and the more it is attacked. And in this group, carriers, those who […]
Why Are Airlines Getting Closer Together?
This has been a constant in air transport since the airlines agreed to cooperate by exchanging ticketsthrough the “Interline” agreements which date back to 1948 if I remember correctly. But since thissector of activity has entered the competitive world, companies have been getting closer to eachother not only through agreements, but above all through equity […]
