Does easyJet have an aircraft utilisation problem?

Seasonality, the Achilles' heel of European LCCs

Aug 4

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July 2026

Are VietJet Air an airline or aircraft trading company?

Ambition, big orders, and sale and leaseback transactions

Jul 15

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June 2026

Qantas's A321XLR network rollout (and some very cool charts)

It’s nearly a year since Qantas’s first A321XLR (VH-OGA) was delivered to gloomy Sydney on 2 July 2025.

Jun 24

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May 2026

In defence of the Passenger Movement Charge

And a call for much needed reform

May 19

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Qantas's US market updates

We’ve been a little distracted by global events in the last few months, diverting our attention from some of our regular market analysis.

May 5

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April 2026

No, airlines wouldn't be operating at a loss without loyalty programmes

Few things trigger us more than the old wives’ tale that airlines only make money from loyalty programmes and don’t make money from flying.

Apr 21

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March 2026

Where does Qantas's European network go from here?

Note: We’ve pushed this article out quickly due to schedule changes occurring while we were writing.

Mar 26

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So just how big were Qantas's Perth-London payload restrictions?

Airspace closures in the Middle East have forced Qantas to temporarily reroute its non-stop Perth-London flight (QF9) as a one-stop service via…

Mar 10

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Middle East travel chaos: why don't Emirates, Etihad & Qatar just put on some temporary direct flights & bypass their hubs?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’d have been following the chaos that global travel has been thrown into by the conflict in the Middle East.

Mar 2

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February 2026

Just how fragmented is the Australia-India market?

And what are the implications for direct Australia-India flights

Feb 24

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January 2026

The curious case of the declining "golden triangle"

In Australian aviation circles, the “golden triangle” refers to the high-volume domestic routes between Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Jan 22

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Chart of the week #27: Who the hell flies to Frankfurt anyway?

A quick look at Lufthansa's Frankfurt and Munich hubs

Jan 7

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