Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Sources
Overview
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- Spending on travel and tourism
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- Figure 1: Outlook for spending* on travel & tourism in the US, 2017 & 2018-28
- Tourist arrivals
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- Figure 2: Tourist arrivals in the US (incoming & domestic), 2009-21
- Foreign vs. domestic
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- Figure 3: Breakdown of domestic & incoming tourist arrivals in the US, 2009-16
- Air passenger volumes
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- Figure 4: Air passengers in the US, 2007-20
- Foreign vs. domestic
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- Figure 5: Breakdown of domestic & incoming air passengers in the US, 2007-15
- North American aviation market performance
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- Figure 6: North American aviation market performance, y-o-y, April 2018 & year-to-date
Market Shares of Airlines
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- Figure 7: Trend in the market share of passengers of major US airlines, 2011-15
- Consolidation has continued
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- Figure 8: Domestic market share of leading US airlines from February 2017 to January 2018
- Facilitating security checks
- Loyalty programmes
- Spending instead of miles travelled
- Credit cards become more important
- AAdvantage
- Delta, American Express add 1 million new card members
- Increased availability of reward seats
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- Figure 9: Ranking of North American airline frequent-flyer programmes for overall seat availability* for rewards, 2018
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- Figure 10: Ranking of North American airline frequent-flyer programmes for seat availability on long-haul flights, 2018
- All the majors now offer ‘basic economy’
- American Airlines
- United Airlines
- Alaska Airlines
- Other airlines
- The ULCCs
- Allegiant Air
- Frontier Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- JD Power ratings
- Survey rankings
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- Figure 11: Composite ranking of major North American traditional carriers, 2017
- Figure 12: Details of JD power ratings* of the leading North American traditional carriers, 2017
- LCC rankings
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- Figure 13: Composite ranking of major North American LCCs, 2017
- Figure 14: Details of JD power ratings* of the leading North American LCCs, 2017
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Major Legacy Carriers
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- American Airlines
- Current developments
- American severs ties with two regional airlines
- Fleet
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- Figure 15: American’s mainline fleet as of 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 16: Purchase orders for American’s mainline & regional fleet at 31 December 2017
- Delta Air Lines
- Delta Private Jets
- Current developments
- A pop-up lounge for middle-seat passengers in Boston
- Fleet
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- Figure 17: Delta’s operating mainline fleet as at 31 December 2018
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 18: Delta’s aircraft orders at 31 December 2017
- United Air Lines Inc.
- Current developments
- United is building up domestic service from Newark
- United introducing new products and increasing capacity
- Fleet
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- Figure 19: United’s mainline fleet at 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 20: United’s aircraft orders at 31 December 2017
LCCs
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- Southwest
- Current developments
- Fleet
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- Figure 21: Southwest’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 22: Delivery schedule for Southwest’s Boeing aircraft orders, 2018-27, as of 31 December 2017
- JetBlue
- Current developments
- Premium offers
- Expanding abroad
- Fleet
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- Figure 23: JetBlue’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 24: JetBlue’s future aircraft delivery schedule, 2018-24
ULCCs
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- Allegiant
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- Figure 25: Destinations served by Allegiant, 31 December 2015, 2016 & 2017
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- Figure 26: Comparison of the traditional airline business model with that of Allegiant, 2018
- Current developments
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- Figure 27: Allegiant’s revenue by category, 2015-17
- Fleet
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- Figure 28: Allegiant’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
- Frontier
- Current developments
- Fleet
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- Figure 29: Frontier’s fleet in May 2018
- New aircraft orders
- Spirit
- Current developments
- Spirit Airlines to offer Wi-Fi
- Fleet
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- Figure 30: Spirit’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 31: Spirit’s aircraft delivery schedule, 2018-21
Regional Airlines
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- Alaska Air Group
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- Figure 32: Alaska Air Group’s sales channels (% of sales), 2013-17
- Current developments
- Services added to JFK
- Fleet
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- Figure 33: Alaska Airlines Group’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 34: Alaska Airlines Group’s fleet development at 31 December 2016- 31 December 2019
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Current developments
- Fleet
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- Figure 35: Hawaiian’s fleet at 31/12/17 & 31/12/18
- New aircraft orders
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- Figure 36: Hawaiian’s aircraft delivery schedule, as at 31 December 2017, 2018-21
- SkyWest, Inc.
- Current developments
- SkyWest Airlines
- ExpressJet
- Fleet
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- Figure 37: SkyWest’s fleet by code-share partner at 31 December 2017
- Figure 38: ExpressJet’s fleet by code-share partner at 31 December 2017
What Next?
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- Costs and fares to go up but margins squeezed
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- Figure 39: Jet fuel & crude oil price, May 2011-May 2018
- Salaries going up
- Airlines have begun to raise fares
- Spread of HSR to challenge air travel?
- HSR on the West Coast – a long-term project
- Consolidation to continue?
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