FlyPelican, in its current incarnation, has been flying for just over two years, but is already building a strong business on Australia’s east coast. Part of that comes down to the strength of its people, says CEO Paul Graham, who sat down for a chat with ch-aviation journalist Nat Newman. Paul talks about the long […]
Chur, Switzerland 10 August 2017 – Europe and China compete for world’s youngest fleets. Africa and North America come in last. Who would expect that two European low-cost airlines would have some of the youngest aircraft in the world? As millions of people head to the airport to go on summer vacation, ch-aviation has […]
Founded in 2014, privately-owned Libyan Wings has eked out a niche for itself in one of the world’s most unstable countries – Libya. Using a pair of A319s, it has developed a small, but sustainable, international route network serving Tunisia and Turkey with plans to expand to other North African states. ch-aviation’s Thomas Jaeger recently […]
Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest carrier by Available Seat Kilometers (ASKs) ahead of its Star Alliance partners South African Airways and EgyptAir. Unlike its two alliance partners, it has also been consistently profitable for years constantly growing its hub in Addis Ababa providing more connectivity from Africa to the world. Ahead of the delivery of […]
The year 2015 in a nutshell – Get the report here! Read more about the 2015 developments in the Aviation Market In this report, aviation consultancy PROLOGIS presents the year 2015 in figures. This is a market monitor, based on data prepared by airline intelligence provider ch-aviation, that summarizes capacity, frequency and fleet developments […]
Three years ago Air Baltic posted record losses and was suspected to be the next Flag Carrier to fail. Today Air Baltic is one of the very few European success stories. Max Oldorf talked to Martin Gauss, former CEO at DBA (Deutsche BA) and Malev, now CEO at Air Baltic about what it takes to […]
Founded in 1994, Trade Air has become a well-known player within the European charter market. Currently the Croatian airline operates two Fokker 100 aircraft and has recently begun scheduled domestic services with a wet-leased Embraer 120. Max Oldorf talked with Managing Director, Captain Marko Cvijin and Sanja Ples, Marketing and Sales Director about the current […]
An interview with Transaero Deputy General Director Dimitriy Stolyarov. Transaero is the second largest airline in Russia. Privately owned the airline currently operates 95 aircraft with orders in place for the Airbus A380 and the Boeing Dreamliner. In this interview Transaero’s Deputy General Director Dimitriy Stolyarov talks about the challenges running an airline in Russia, the […]
An in-depth analysis of the European regional airline market and its development within the last five years, 33% of all regional carriers in Europe went out of business between 2008 and today, nearly one fourth of the employees lost their jobs. … __________________________________________________________________________________________ Authors: Hanna Schaal (PROLOGIS) schaal@prologis.aero and Max Oldorf (ch-aviation) max.oldorf@ch-aviation.ch __________________________________________________________________________________________ Are European Regionals’ Successful […]
An in-depth analysis of their network expansion strategies and the impact on the EU carriers How the major three Gulf carriers are quickly and steadily drawing a new and different “world map” of aviation … __________________________________________________________________________________________ The condensed market study by PROLOGIS and ch-aviation clearly shows how Middle East airlines are revolutionizing the airline industry and exerting pressure […]