Gordon Smith

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Airlines Editor at Skift

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Allegiant’s Unique LCC Story

3 days ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat

Skift Take Allegiant earned a +9% operating margin in Q1 2025. That seems downright triumphant compared to Southwest’s figure of -2%, Frontier’s -5%, or JetBlue’s -8%, but context is key. In 2019, Allegiant’s operating margin in the first quarter was 20%. In other words, it’s performing 11 points worse today, a drop repeated at most of its LCC peers. In this week's feature story, we ask what's going on. Issue Overview Allegiant earned a +9% operating margin in Q1 2025.
IndiGo CEO on India-Pakistan Crisis, UK Trade Deal, and New Partnerships

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Gordon Smith

1 hour agoWhy you're crazy if you travel without using ChatGPT and this new Google Maps AI featureBefore the age of generative AI, I used to rely on Google search whenever I had to travel.
A Q1 Check-In on American, Alaska, and Southwest

2 weeks ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat

North America A Q1 Check-In on American, Alaska, and Southwest April 2025 Already a subscriber? Login Skift Take Q1 earnings season started off pleasantly enough: Delta showed nice profits. United showed nice profits. Last week, by contrast, American, Southwest, and Alaska all revealed Q1 losses. As you’ll read below, the news wasn’t all bad. Premium demand, for example, seems still immune from the brewing economic storm.
Korean Air's Financial Flight Path

3 weeks ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat
Will United’s Loyal Customers Shield it From a Downturn?

3 weeks ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat

North America Will United’s Loyal Customers Shield it From a Downturn? April 2025 Already a subscriber? Login Skift Take Brand loyal. Brand loyal. Brand loyal. Say that 31 times. Then again? You don’t need to. United already did. No kidding. In its Q1 earnings call last week, United repeated the phrase over and over, keen to underscore one of its chief arguments: That it is winning with travelers who care about more than just price.
The Scary Canary? Delta’s Thoughts in Times of Tumult

1 month ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat

The Scary Canary? Delta Speaks Up April 2025 Already a subscriber? Login Skift Take The whole world was watching. On Wednesday, Delta became the first major U.S. travel company to report first quarter earnings. What would it say about the crisis in confidence unfolding throughout the U.S. economy? How much worse have things gotten in the past month, since Delta first warned about deteriorating demand trends? Issue Overview The whole world was watching.
Heathrow Still 'On Track' for Record-Breaking Year – Despite March Meltdown | Flipboard

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Gordon Smith

NowIt feels like we’ve been waiting forever for Qantas to turn Project Sunrise into a reality. Sure, the pandemic has understandably delayed things, but travelers are no doubt anxious for non-stop service between London and Sydney or between New York and Sydney! Sadly, it seems like things have been delayed yet again.
Making Sense of Airline Market Turmoil

1 month ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat
Transborder Disorder: Big Trump Trouble for Canada’s Airlines

1 month ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat

North America Transborder Disorder: Big Trump Trouble for Canada’s Airlines April 2025 Already a subscriber? Login Skift Take Alright, so here we go again. Something’s gone awry in the world, and airlines are among the first to feel it. Following last week’s U.S. plan to essentially dismantle the global trading system, uncertainty has reached a fever-pitch.
David’s New Goliath: Neeleman’s Breeze Gathering Scale

1 month ago | airlineweekly.skift.com | Gordon Smith |Jay Shabat

North America David’s New Goliath: Neeleman’s Breeze Gathering Scale March 2025 Already a subscriber? Login Skift Take Is there ever a good time to start a new airline? Certainly not during a pandemic. Recurrent airline founder David Neeleman launched Breeze Airways in May 2021, a month in which U.S. airports handled just 50 million passengers. Last May, for perspective, they handled 80 million.