Clarity from aviation's deeper layers

Where emerging markets sit at the centre of aviation's next decade. Aeraltus goes beyond the surface read to show what's at stake in a decision, a deal, or an investment, and exactly who it affects

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How Ethiopian Airlines is building an operating system for African Aviation

Beyond equity, the airline is exporting infrastructure a multilateral policy is yet to deliver.

Africa

Krishnan Srinivas

20 hours ago10 min read

Air India launches a basic fare removing complimentary meals.

Aeraltus Quick Take: This follows a familiar full-service carrier playbook seen across Europe and North America. AI mainline's narrowbody is standardised to support it, unlike it's low cost arm, and the FY25/26 loss accelerated the process.

Aeraltus Quick Take

Krishnan Srinivas

3 days ago2 min read

Behind AirAsia's A330-900neo cancellation

AirAsia X's A330 cancellation is a substitution play only KL's geography enables, instead of a failure of widebody low-cost long-haul.

Aeraltus Quick Take

Krishnan Srinivas

5 days ago2 min read

What is Philippine Airlines actually buying from oneworld?

Philippine Airlines becomes the sixth Southeast Asian flag carrier to join a global alliance, following the same pattern as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam

ASEAN

Krishnan Srinivas

Jun 1513 min read

Who Controls India's Airfares?

The government intervened six times in eight weeks on fuel costs that still resulted in airlines cutting capacity

India

Krishnan Srinivas

Jun 813 min read

About Aeraltus

Independent structural analysis of emerging market aviation, for the practitioners who finance, build, and fly it.

Aeraltus covers aviation markets across India, ASEAN, and Africa, the terrain conventional frameworks consistently misread. Every piece takes a position, maps the structural terrain, names the relevant stakeholders, and states what would prove it wrong.

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For market entry, competitive positioning, and investment decisions across Indian Subcontinent, ASEAN, and African aviation. Each engagement starts with the problem, instead of a finished brief, and is scoped and customised to the decision it needs to inform. Reach out directly at info@aeraltus.com