Safety and consolidation under the spotlight

In the latest episode - sponsored by Panasonic Avionics - Graham and Lewis look back on an inauspicious start to 2024 in terms of airline safety and consolidation moves.

They then consider what airlines including United Airlines, Ryanair and Wizz Air had to say about the year ahead in their recent earnings calls.

Music credit: Tea K Pea “highabove”/Creative Commons

Spirit pushes back on ‘misguided narrative’ about stability without JetBlue

https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/spirit-pushes-back-on-misguided-narrative-about-stability-without-jetblue/156863.article

European regulators ‘welcome’ JetBlue’s summer Amsterdam access

https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/european-regulators-welcome-jetblues-summer-amsterdam-access/156788.article

Regulators in no mood to wave through airline M&A activity

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/regulators-in-no-mood-to-wave-through-airline-manda-activity/156749.article

SAS chief looks to SkyTeam gains to outweigh ‘emotionally difficult’ Star Alliance exit

https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/sas-chief-looks-to-skyteam-gains-to-outweigh-emotionally-difficult-star-alliance-exit/156831.article

Lufthansa remedies to secure ITA deal fail to convince competition regulator

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/lufthansa-remedies-to-secure-ita-deal-fail-to-convince-competition-regulator/156595.article

Commission initiates deeper probe into latest IAG-Air Europa tie-up bid

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/commission-initiates-deeper-probe-into-latest-iag-air-europa-tie-up-bid/156633.article

Why United chief Kirby is unfazed by more operational and cost pressures in 2024

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/why-united-chief-kirby-is-unfazed-by-more-operational-and-cost-pressures-in-2024/156602.article

Why growing Ryanair expects European short-haul capacity to fall this summer

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/why-growing-ryanair-expects-european-short-haul-capacity-to-fall-this-summer/156681.article

How is Wizz Air handling impact of Middle East war and GTF groundings?

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/how-is-wizz-air-handling-impact-of-middle-east-war-and-gtf-groundings/156638.article