The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has briefed the US operators of the Boeing 737 MAX on April 12 on the updates that should eventually result in the re-certification of the type. Delegates from American Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines…
News The two crashes of the 737 MAX resulted in 346 fatalities and a grounding of the aircraft. The last time an aircraft was grounded was the Boeing 787, but that was precautionary and no fatalities resulted from problems with…
Yesterday the DoT updated their T-100 dataset. Here is our updated model on how the big US airlines are doing. Load factors softened but that should not be a concern yet. However, notice that load factors were pretty stable from…
Commercial Aviation ATR eyes potential buyers for short-runway ATR 42-600 variant – Source: ATW As we enter the second month of groundings are these costs still valid? – Source: IBA Boeing Has Called 737 Max 8 ‘Not Suitable’ for Certain…
Qatar Airways today published a PR note about its investment in Air Italy. The note starts like this: “Following recent false accusations relating to Qatar Airways’ shareholding in Air Italy, such baseless statements and consistent inaccuracies need addressing as…
News The A321 family, and its latest version, the A321LR, are gaining orders and this aircraft has clearly become the replacement for the Boeing 757 in many markets. With trans-Atlantic range, the A321LR has become an alternative for low cost…