Santa stops in Canada early
What an interesting December! Santa seems to have made an early visit to Canada. Air Canada ordered 61 Boeing 737 MAXs worth $6.5bn at list prices, a big win over Airbus. This is a customer turnover, which makes the deal…
Month December 2013
Air India’s 787s
Are Air India’s 787s suffering from something unusual? Recent news on the need for Air India to update the software on its fleet of 787s caught our attention. The software update announcement is unusual. There have been numerous issues with…
Has the Business Jet Market Turned the Corner?
The market for business jets started downward in 2008, after the last financial crisis, and has still not recovered to its previous levels. But data, while remaining mixed, are finally beginning to point in the right direction in terms of…
How’s your schedule look?
That the airline business is subject to numerous exogenous factors impacting schedule is nothing new. At the same time the industry has powerful assets at work in operation centers, monitoring everything, including the weather, on a global basis. Which means…
Airbus and Rolls-Royce Announce Plans to Restore A340 Economically Viability
Airbus and Rolls-Royce have combined on a program to enhance the residual values and market viability of the A340-500 and -600, which have been removed from many airline fleets due to unfavorable economics. Rolls-Royce has stepped up with a “four…
The pendulum starts to swing
There has been much talk about how Airbus needs to respond to the 787. Earlier this week, speaking on one of our podcasts, Boeing’s Randy Tinseth said Boeing has the A350 bracketed. Airbus has said they don’t need to respond…