Was it a 3-4-2 deal for Macquarie Group? Heathrow slowdown? China-Japan's booming market, Oneworld Alliance welcome Oman Air

Oman Air is now a oneworld Alliance partner, but will it make any significant difference to their future or the Alliance's position in the Middle East market? Time will tell....

It’s the peak six weeks of travel in the Northern Hemisphere, and to date, operational performance has been pretty good from nearly all major carriers, and with only a few industrial relation issues at the moment, could this be one of the best summers for performance, or are we tempting fate?

Did Macquarie Group get a 3-4-2 offer on their UK acquisitions?😄 Both Bristol and Birmingham have clear potential, but London City Airport still lingers at 30% less capacity than pre-pandemic, and it’s not growing, has a limited customer base, and airlines have clearly right-sized capacity to a new market where video conferencing works well instead of a quick European day trip...

Interesting to see how the Asian market is changing. While China-Japan is booming with 36% more capacity year on year, the China-Thailand market has 26% less capacity. Has the lure of Thailand been exhausted, is the attraction of hashtagJapan and a good exchange rate too good an opportunity, and if so, how does Thailand backfill that lost capacity?

London Heathrow senses a slowdown in the UK-US market and will be watching it carefully! We watch it every week, and yes, it has softened but not alarmingly, and Heathrow also said they expect to report better than forecast results so life can’t all be bad…