Safety and consolidation under the spotlight Airline Business Podcast

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