Tag: low-cost
Overview of airlines in difficulty
While most airlines reported reassuring figures at the end of 2018, there are a number that are in varying degrees of difficulty.
Nothing new you might say. Well, yes. The "companies in distress" column is increasingly filled with low-cost airlines...
Germania goes bankrupt, Ryanair announces losses!
Difficult day for low-cost airlines: While Germania, a German low-cost and charter airline, has just announced its judicial liquidation and the cessation of its operations, Ryanair presents for the first time since 2014 negative quarterly results, a sign of...
Should we be afraid for Norwegian?
2018 was a tough year for Norwegian and 2019 doesn't seem to be off to a better start. Should we worry about the survival of the low-cost airline?
Norwegian, a UFO out of nowhere
Norwegian started out in 1993 as a...
The future of airline alliances: partnerships?
An airline with ambition cannot exist outside an alliance. For airlines that are not part of one of the three major global alliances, being accepted is a sign of acceptance that allows them to move on to the next...
The self-connect, or how the concepts of air transport will become obsolete
As we wrote a few years ago on TravelGuys, the historical concepts of travel are falling. Besides the programmed and real end of the packages provided by tour-operators, including visits to distant countries with cultures to which we are...
Why the premiumization of the Major airlines is inevitable
If airline news is usually rich at the beginning of each year, this year marks the transition of many European loyalty programs toRevenue Based, following in the footsteps of the Americans a few years ago and those of hotel...
It’s not only airplanes that go to the cemetery: airlines do too
The Mojave Desert has a special place in the hearts of aviation enthusiasts: it is one of the largest airplane graveyards in the world and is home to aircraft retired by airlines every day. Last year, the last Air...
Joon: an airline that is neither low cost nor millenial?
While we are less than a week away from finally knowing more about Joon, the new Air France airline announced at the beginning of the summer, it is time to reflect on its somewhat nebulous positioning, which until now...