Daily Memo: ‘Fundamental Change’ Or Anomaly? U.S. Margin Flip Provokes Questions

Frontier Airlines A321
Credit: Joe Pries
A flurry of updated third quarter (Q3) guidance from U.S. airlines raises questions about the cost advantages lower cost operators have historically had over their mainline counterparts. In the filings, ULCCs Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, lowered their margin expectations while describing...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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