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If 2021 was about flying again, 2022 is about higher fares & packed flights

Courtney Miller·November 10, 2021

TAC Analysis details its 2022 forecast in two parts, beginning with an examination of how 2021 unfolded. Domestic U.S. load factors returned to 2019 levels during the summer season, filling the available capacity to the brim. As demand continues to return without sufficient capacity to keep pace, fares have already returned to 2019 levels, a trend expected to continue in 2022.

Frontier wins in JetBlue-Spirit deal

Courtney Miller·April 6, 2022

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateApril 6, 2022Frontier wins in JetBlue-Spirit dealPurchase a PDF of this analysis...

Delta variant hits hard, but aviation has learned how to take a punch

Jon Ostrower·August 25, 2021

As COVID-19 mutates to continue its torment, aviation adapts right along with it.

The airlines are staring down a slow and uneven recovery from coronavirus

Courtney Miller·April 16, 2020

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateApril 16, 2020The airlines are staring down a slow and uneven recovery...

Visual Approach: The Redemption of the 757

Courtney Miller·July 15, 2019

This analysis from Visualapproach.io was added to The Air Current archive on February 18, 2020. The market opportunities of new...

A Norwegian Air Shuttle 737 Max awaits delivery at Boeing Field in 2017. The airline has adopted an hourly-use lease rate with lessors as it restructures.

Aircraft lessors test charging ailing airlines by the hour

Judson Rollins·March 29, 2021

Today's stopgap power-by-the-hour agreements with ailing airlines test the viability of a future all-inclusive leasing model.

COVID can’t keep passengers away from flying forever, but the economy can

Courtney Miller·October 7, 2020

Airlines eagerly await a world where they only have to worry about the economy.

Porter returns as startup to compete with Air Canada, WestJet and itself

Courtney Miller and Howard Slutsken·February 16, 2023

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateFebruary 16, 2023Porter returns as startup to compete with Air Canada, WestJet...

Clear signs of business travel return with accelerating U.S. recovery

Courtney Miller·June 28, 2021

TAC Analysis updates its recovery forecast as travel sentiment points to growing momentum for business flying.

How Southwest has adapted to life without the 737 Max

Courtney Miller·February 20, 2020

Premium economy’s surprising pandemic rebound

Courtney Miller·July 7, 2021

As the traffic recovery continues, passengers are migrating toward different levels of service as the cabin continues on a path toward even-greater segmentation. There’s no one standard definition of what premium economy is or how it’s deployed, but there is a growing passenger preference emerging. Around the globe, premium economy is outpacing the return of other higher-fare classes

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 taxis to the gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in September 2019.

Spike in coronavirus cases reveal signs of stalling U.S. air travel recovery

Courtney Miller·July 2, 2020

The first signs of a slowing recovery in air traffic are beginning to show in the United States just as airlines make their largest capacity increases. Even as screened passenger numbers from the Transportation Security Administration continue their upward trajectory, so do new cases of COVID-19 in states not first hit by the virus. With that growing uncertainty, the spread is showing its first indications of a slowing recovery in the months ahead.