CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Iberia COO on fuel supply: 'For Spain, fortunately, the issue is not so big as in other countries'

Iberia COO Ramiro Sequeira, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) regarding fuel supply: "For Spain, fortunately, the issue is ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Cover Genius SVP: If you're not relevant to a customer, all you do is add friction into the journey

Cover Genius SVP Travel Peter Smith, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) "I think the thing when it comes to bundling in particular, is not just ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Allegiant CEO: 'With newer aircraft, with the investments in technology, we've seen our reliability'

Allegiant Air CEO Greg Anderson, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) the company has invested in predictive maintenance "to h ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 programme director: Ducted gas turbine technology 'is the right solution'

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Taskforce programme director Rachel Walker, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) ducted gas turbine tec ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Virgin Atlantic CCO: 'We're in a releatively okay place' with current fuel environment

Juha Jaervinen, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) "The demand environm ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Spirit Airlines files motions to divest remaining fleet assets

Spirit Airlines filed (04-May-2026) motions with a US bankruptcy court, outlining plans to divest its remaining fleet assets. The LCC requested the court approve a plan rejecting ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Finnair chief customer officer: 'We are confident we will fly a full schedule up until the summer'

Finnair chief customer officer Simon Large, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) "We are doing a lot of scenario planning, try ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

CAPA head of analysis: Aviation in a new era of reinvention, fragmentation and uncertainty

CAPA Membership provides access to all news and analysis on the site, along with access to many areas of our comprehensive databases and toolsets.
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

SAS EVP CCO: 'We still see a very healthy demand'

SAS EVP CCO Paul Verhagen, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) "We were one of the first ones out to do some capacity reducti ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

German Government to release aviation strategy in summer 2026: Transport Secretary

Germany's Ministry of Transport State Secretary Stefan Schnorr, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) the German Government is ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

German Government 'will support the industry as best as we can': Transport Secretary

Germany's Ministry of Transport State Secretary Stefan Schnorr, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) approximately 70% to 80% ...
CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Wizz Air CEO sees long term potential for GTF engine

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (23-Apr-2026) he does not regret purchasing Pratt & Whitney GTF engines.