Airline Analysis
Opinion, insight, and data on the strategies animating the business of commercial aviation

Airline Analysis
Kambr Media's Most Read Articles of 2020
Through all the ups, downs, shocks and unexpected events, here are our most read articles of the year.
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Airlines, When Pent Up Travel Demand Bursts, Will Your Buckets Be Ready?
With the news of a possible vaccine on the way, we very well may be inching closer to that long-awaited time. Fortunately for airlines, there is still ample time to prepare.

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What Lufthansa Group’s Continuous Pricing Solution Means for the Airline Industry
The Lufthansa Group has launched an industry-first “continuous pricing” (CP) solution. This means the group’s carriers can offer a theoretically infinite number of distinct prices.

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How Commercial Airline Executives are Approaching the COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic demand has shrunk to unthinkable lows and the entire industry has been turned upside down, presenting airline executives with all new challenges.

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Airlines Need to Prepare for Future Demand Now
Waiting until demand returns means missing out on a competitive advantage and leveraging the low-risk scenario of making a change when demand is slow.

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Airline Pricing Was Broken Long Before COVID-19
A narrative has been taking shape that COVID-19 upended airlines' commercial model, but airline commercial processes have been broken long before the pandemic.

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Why I’m Worried By Digital Immunity Passports
Airline and airport executives have recently expressed interest in “digital immunity passports” to certify non-Covid-19 travelers

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How American Airlines’ And JetBlue’s Partnership Will Impact Airline Alliances
American revives its NY/Boston presence, while JetBlue gets a chance to build up its premium appeal.

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Which Airlines Are Best Positioned To Succeed Post Covid-19?
As the airline industry resets, a shakeout is sure to result in a shift in the dominant business models between full-service carriers and low-cost carriers.

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Why Europe-Asia Airline Market Won't Recover Until 2021
LCCs serving the two regions are likely to emerge stronger from the crisis, says Dr. Volodymyr Bilotkach.

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McKinsey’s Air Travel Pulse Points To European Summer Flight Comeback
Daily bookings with destinations for Spain, for example, increased by 33 percent within one week.

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What Are The Keys To Airline Passenger Satisfaction Now?
Leisure travelers tell J.D. Power that info on cleaning/hygiene and daily updates on the state of the pandemic in the area they will be visiting are key to contentment in the air.

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Airlines’ Digital Transformation: Glass Half Full – Or Empty?
Airlines still have a long trek toward digital optimization, a Diggintravel report shows.

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Can Airlines – Or Passengers – Afford An Empty Middle Seat?
Like free lunch, there’s no such thing as a free vacant middle seat.

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Prose and Contrails: Commercial Aviation Recovery From Covid-19
Flight operations among the Aero 80 carriers through 15 June continue to show mostly cautious reintroductions of capacity.

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WTF: Why Airline Health Protection Surcharges Are Inevitable
Restoring “Willingness To Fly” will depend on costly hygienic and cleaning processes.

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Have Airlines Actually Cut 90 Percent Of Capacity?
Many of the seats are still out there. You can buy them. But that ‘90 percent of capacity’ really is a short term indicator.

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How Soon Will Travelers Be Willing To Fly Again?
The best way to encourage booking behavior is to mitigate risk. Jay Sorensen offers airlines some thoughts on how best to do that.

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The $200 billion dollar stimulus package the airline industry can offer
Even while cash-strapped along with every other business, carriers can implement their own multi-billion dollar stimulus plan for consumers using mileage points.

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How Business And Leisure Travel Can Come Back Post COVID-19
When the lockdowns end, business travel will be the first to return, with a tentative inclusion of leisure.

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Why Airlines Deserve Immediate Rescue
Reforming the industry can only have meaning if we assure its survival.

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Charting The Future Of Air Travel Demand And Network Planning
The histories that factor into route planning mean zero now.

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What Does the Coronavirus Mean for Aviation Now?
Uncertainty is abundant, but aviation industry shocks over the past 20 years offer guideposts.

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The Gamification of Airline Loyalty
Airlines need to up their loyalty game now more than ever.

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The Deafening Silence Of Depressed Demand – One Traveler’s View From Singapore
“Outside the airshow, the normally bustling city-state of Singapore took on an eerie quiet that felt like the slowest of public holidays rather than a normal workday.”

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How American’s And Alaska’s Alliance Impacts West Coast Competition
The expansion of the existing codeshare agreement presents clear advantages for both carriers – and a new challenge for Delta in Seattle.