David Casey is Senior Network Planning Editor at Routes, providing insight on network strategy and development across the Aviation Week Network. This includes the daily Routes Digest, Routes magazine and the Routes Aviation Podcast.
History tells us that crises spur new business models in the aviation industry, with struggling carriers making way for more ambitious and innovative players to enter the market and capture share.
Just as the state-owned Gulf airlines took traffic away from US and European legacy carriers by connecting passengers through their hubs following the 9/11 terror attacks, LCCs with the operational flexibility to offset the lower load factors with cheaper ticket prices also thrived.
21 Things To Expect From Commercial Aviation In 2021
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2020 has been a year that the airline industry will want to forget. Nonetheless, many lessons would have been learned and these will be taken into the new year. Let’s take a look at what we can look forward to in 2021 now that it has finally come.
As the sun sets on 2020, we can look forward to plenty of exciting prospects in 2021. Photo: Getty Images
21. Alaska’s
oneworld membership
It felt right to kick off the list with something that’s been highly anticipated, especially for
oneworld members. On March 31st, for the first time in its 88-year history, Alaska Airlines will become a member of a global airline alliance. Other carriers in the alliance have expressed their excitement about the move, especially Qatar Airways!