Swiss Shines But Lufthansa Lags
About this episode
The episode discusses the financial performance of Swiss and Lufthansa, highlighting Swiss's outperformance despite the challenges faced by Lufthansa.
Swiss out-earned the entire Lufthansa Group network division it belongs to last quarter, while the core Lufthansa brand slid back into an operating loss. Gordon and Jay work through how a fuel bill undid a solid demand quarter, and why Swiss keeps outperforming its much larger sibling. Follow the Hosts: Gordon Smith – LinkedIn Jay Shabat – LinkedIn Meghna Maharishi - LinkedIn Connect with Airline Weekly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airline-weekly/ X: https://x.com/Airline_Weekly/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airlineweekly/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the airline and travel industries. 00:00 Welcome and Setup…
People in this episode
Hosts: Gordon Smith, Jay Shabat
Topics covered
- aviation performance
- financial analysis
- airline competition
- operating loss
- fuel costs
- market trends
Keywords
- Swiss
- Lufthansa
- operating loss
- fuel costs
- airline performance
- aviation news
- financial results
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Swiss, Lufthansa Group, Lufthansa, airBaltic, Austrian, Brussels, Eurowings, TAP
Places: Europe
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