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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 […]
Not Easy to Govern an Airline
There is a position that all ambitious airline employees dream of, that of Executive Chairman of anairline. And yet, on reflection, is it such an enviable profession? The constraints both internal to thecompany and related to its environment, in the midst of which it must evolve, can make lifeimpossible. Listing them is a real headache, […]
The Difficult Situation of Northern Carriers
There was a time, not so long ago, when Nordic airlines were the envy of other European operators.It was the time when SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) could be named the best airline in the worldin the mid-1980s and when Finnair was weaving its network between Europe and Asia by transitingpassengers through Helsinki. It should be […]
The Future Giants Of Air Transport
We are used to the ever-increasing figures of air transport, wholesale and for the year 2025, 5 billionpassengers, 1,000 billion dollars in turnover, more than 15,000 aircraft in regular operation by 1,200carriers, 800 of which carry 98% of the market. And growth continues at the same rate of 5% peryear, which leads to a doubling […]
What Is the Purpose of an Airline?
This question leads to an obvious answer: to transport passengers. Of course, this is its primaryvocation and the success of air transport is the most striking demonstration of this. Nearly 5 billionpassengers in 2025 and a demand that continues to grow. Let’s remember that the inhabitants ofmore than 2/3 of the planet still do not […]
GDS Are Big Profiteers of AI
GDS (Global Distribution Systems) are not new in the world of air transport. Created by the majorairlines between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, following the deregulation of American airtransport decided by President Carter in 1978, they have established themselves as the essential toolof distribution by linking travel agents to carriers’ inventory systems. It […]