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easyJet expects an H1 loss of up to £560 million as Middle East volatility and legal hits offset record 90% load factors. Although revenue per seat rose 3%, a £25 million fuel spike has eroded margins. Detailed results are due May 21.
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Lufthansa has been disrupted by its own workforce for five consecutive days with no mediation in sight. Ryanair secures fuel supply to mid-May — four weeks of visibility before peak summer. Pakistan targets end of April for PIA privatisation handover.
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FlyAtlantic has been planning to launch transatlantic flights from Belfast since 2022. The launch date has moved three times. The A321XLR changes the economics of the model in ways that previous attempts could not access. Whether the airline can actually get off the ground is a different question.
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Lufthansa cabin crew begin a two-day walkout today — the fourth strike action in six days. Boeing delivered 143 aircraft in Q1, its best first quarter since 2019. Virgin Australia holds FY26 guidance. Singapore Airlines extends Dubai suspension to 31 May.
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Virgin Australia has maintained its FY26 profit guidance after hedging 92% of Brent crude exposure limits the Middle East fuel shock to A$30–40m above prior forecasts — against a A$800m revision at Qantas.
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Scott Kirby pitched a United-American merger to Trump in February. A combined carrier would control 30% of US domestic traffic. The antitrust obstacles are substantial.
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Lufthansa's pilot strike ends tonight after 800 cancellations and 100,000 passengers affected. Qatar Airways resumes Amman and Beirut. Turkish Airlines carried 7.2 million passengers in March — up 16%. Airbus Q1 deliveries fell 16% as Pratt & Whitney engine shortages cut A320-family output by 24%.
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Heathrow handled 6.65 million passengers in March — its busiest ever — as Middle East traffic fell 51% and transfer passengers spiked 10%. The data published this morning shows demand redistributing sharply across the long-haul network as the Iran conflict reshapes global aviation flows.
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US-Iran peace talks have collapsed. Trump has declared a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Lufthansa pilots are on strike today and tomorrow, cancelling 80% of Frankfurt and Munich departures. Airbus delivered 60 aircraft in March against 331 new orders.
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A captain with 40 years of service deviated from his flight plan on his final flight before retirement to perform a low-altitude pass over the Westman Islands, where he grew up. Icelandair confirmed it had no prior knowledge of the manoeuvre and has referred the matter to police.
Analysis
British Airways holds 51% of all slots at Heathrow, inherited over fifty years and allocated free of charge by a government regulator. The standard airline valuation framework was not built for a company whose most valuable assets cannot be replicated at any price.
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ACI Europe has warned of systemic shortages within three weeks. The final Hormuz-sourced cargoes arrived at European ports around 10 April. What the crisis has exposed is not just a supply problem — it is a governance failure that nobody in Brussels saw coming because nobody was watching.