Entries by Jean-Louis Baroux

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Ancillary income legal deception

The first question to be answered is: what are you buying when you purchase a plane ticket? There is a distinction between before and after the arrival of low-cost airlines. Previously, a plane ticket covered the entire service: the transport of passengers from one airport to another, their seat on the plane, the transport of […]

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The return of the A380

It is the story of a success transformed into a failure, only to end up becoming a success again for the carriers capable of making it profitable. Its story began with a sketch in 1988 because, at the time, it was necessary to position oneself against a triumphant Boeing. However, it took 7 years to […]

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Saving the boeing soldier

The question is beginning to be seriously asked: is the giant Boeing in danger and is its survival assured? Won’t the avalanche of bad news lead to the fall of the emblematic manufacturer? The new boss: Kelly Ortberg, who replaced Dave Calhoun during the summer, is facing a huge work stoppage of 33,000 employees, which […]

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Air transport needs a new model

Modern air transport dates back to the end of the Second World War, it will be 80 years old next year. Since then, it has undergone a tremendous evolution, driven by the manufacture of increasingly efficient aircraft models, highly reliable air traffic control, all to keep up with a demand for transport that continues to […]

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Are air alliances still useful?

The three main airline alliances date back to the late 1990s: 1997 for the Star Alliance, 1999 for Oneworld, and 2000 for SkyTeam. They have now been in existence for a quarter of a century, and it is possible to make an assessment of them from the outside. First of all, it should be noted […]

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Airline failures – How to be protected from them?

The subject regularly comes up in the news as soon as a new bankruptcy is pronounced against an airline. This time, it is the case of Air Belgium, which will leave 11,000 customers without a solution unless they buy a ticket on another carrier. And even since 2023, a prosperous year if ever there was […]

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The power of the unions weakens carriers

The American manufacturer certainly didn’t need this. A major Boeing union, IAM, with its 30,000 members, has just launched a strike that could be short-lived if management accepts the demanded wage increases for a return to work. Jon Holden, the head of IAM Boeing, aims to take advantage of the manufacturer’s current weakness to quickly […]

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Towards the end of low-cost airlines?

Last June, an event went a little unnoticed and yet it marks an important change in the air transport sector. The activist fund Elliott Investment Management has invested $1.9 billion in Southwest Airlines, which represents a little more than 10% of the capital, with the aim of getting rid of the current management, which in […]

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Back to basics

Over the past 25 years, we have seen a huge wave of outsourcing in air transport. This allowed them to grow faster without incurring the associated fixed costs. As a result, airlines have gradually abandoned a large part of their activities such as catering, aircraft cleaning, ramp handling, check-in counters, and even airport lounges. However, […]

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The best airlines

Air transport has regained its previous colours, and the results for 2024 will be historic, even if the wall of 5 billion passengers and 1,000 billion in revenue will not be broken this year. It will probably be very close. And the growth continues without us knowing very well where it will stop. Gulf airlines […]