European consolidation nears the end game
With European airlines making record profits, the big players are back on the acquisition trail. How close are we to the end of consolidation process in Europe? And which airlines are still in play?
Lufthansa’s Italian Adventure
Lufthansa Group has finally reached agreement with the Italian state to acquire ITA, the company formed to take over many of the assets of the now defunct Alitalia. I took a look at how the deal is structured and what we know or can guess about their plans for the business.
European airline winners and losers from the pandemic
As the fog starts to clear on the airline recovery, which airlines are emerging from the pandemic as winners and how well did market analysts do early on in predicting who that would be?
Another rescue plan for Alitalia, does it stack up?
Another year, another government-funded rescue plan for chronically loss-making Alitalia. This time with a €3 billion price tag. Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera asked me to review the plan and this is what I told them.