One of the few regions not heavily impacted by weak economies in Europe and the US has been Latin America. While the global economy is struggling, Latin America’s GDP is growing faster than the world, at an average annual rate of…
We have been developing our On-Time database and wanted to share an insight with our readers. Our source data is the US DoT On-Time data. The charts below are for the three big airlines at JFK in New York. We…
At the Paris show it was all Airbus all the time. The Dubai show may see more Airbus news but they won’t top Boeing’s huge order. Boeing is having a great show so far. Starting with an order unlikely to…
For years now – yes years – Mr Al Baker has been waxing and waning on the Pratt & Whitney geared fan engine. Back in 2009 he went so far as to say that the GTF on the A320 would…
Embraer announced yesterday, as expected, that it will re-engine the relatively young (7 year old) E-Series of jets with new technology engines to make them more competitive with the similarly sized Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Sukhoi Superjet, and the larger…
We first met this airplane on March 19 2007 when it flew into LAX on a test flight to see how an A380 could handle LAX – and vice versa. Seeing an A380 at LAX is old hat now. Meanwhile…