The pandemic has proven to be the proverbial tide going out, exposing who’s swimming naked. In the case of airlines, all are struggling, but a few appear to be coping better than others. A case in point is Brazilian carrier Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras, which may be on course for a rebound.
Azul, Brazil’s third-largest carrier, felt a whipsaw effect, going from about 950 flights a day down to about 70 at the worst of the crisis. But its schedule this month features about 500 departures a day serving 89 cities, Abhi Shah, chief revenue officer, said on Wednesday during an airline customer conference run by cloud software vendor PROS (Pricing and Revenue Optimization Solutions).