Airbus Final Assembly Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China, starts assembly of its first A320neo in July and plans to deliver it to an Asian customer in September 2017. The Chinese plant, a joint venture between Airbus and Chinese partners based…
Lufthansa celebrated the “roll-in” of its new Airbus A350-900 aircraft, and was kind enough to invite AirInsight to its celebration. Videos of the speeches and christening ceremony, in German, will be available in separate posts on our site. The celebration…
SkyWest, Inc. announced its fourth quarter and full year results Thursday, showing a loss for both periods. The company is parent of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet. The company reported a $270.2m net loss for the fourth quarter ending December 2016,…
The airline business is competitive – more so than most other types of business. It is also a complex business because its reach is global. The airlines that have dominated the industry so far tended to be network, or legacy,…
This week saw two announcements that seem confusing. First came Bombardier’s news about the Cityjet CRJ900 order being firmed up. The came Falko’s announcement about its CRJ900 deal with SAS. The first announcement was that Bombardier firmed its purchase agreement,…
Talks between Lufthansa and pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) ended without agreement. The latest talks, set to be completed by January 31, were led by mediator Gunter Pleuger. Herr Pleuger now will submit a conciliation recommendation to the parties by…