Analysis
Airlines are forgetting to be bashful about their big profits
The unspoken upside of Boeing’s woes and Airbus delays is that airline profits will probably stay sky-high.
Ayesha de KretserSenior reporterUnited Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby last week dropped the guard airline bosses have maintained over the past two years, talking down their sky-high profits and emphasising efforts to make flying less terrible for customers.
Asked how difficult 2024 has been so far, he replied: “I wouldn’t describe it as a tough year at all.”
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