
About this episode
The latest Airline Weekly global earnings scoreboard is in and the airline on top may not be the one you'd expect.
Jay joins Gordon and Meghna to sort the winners from the losers. Before that, we report back from the IATA AGM in Brazil, with the trends that mattered and essential insights from the conference floor.
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00:00 Welcome and agenda
00:35 First impressions in Rio
03:15 United CEO on engines
05:38 Canada market outlook
08:19 Finnair growth and hedging
10:02 JFK Terminal 1 revamp
13:10 Skift events announcement
14:35 IATA wrap and demand trends
16:45 Part two scoreboard kickoff
18:14 Top winners and Copa
21:07 More winners and US rank
25:57 Bottom losers and Frontier
31:07 Fuel market update
34:02 Final wrap and subscribe
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