Insight: Wednesday 31 July 2019 – China Southern Cancels MAX Order?



On Wednesday IATA released its latest stats. The stat that caught our eye was this one: 22,000 city pairs are now connected by direct flights, up 1,300 over 2017 and double the 10,250 city pairs connected in 1998. Route dispersion…


Commercial Aviation ‘Turn it Off and On Again Every 149 Hours’ Is a Concerning Remedy for a $300 Million Airbus Software Bug – Source: Gizmodo Embraer’s Q2 commercial aircraft deliveries slip – Source: FlightGlobal Airbus second-quarter profit rise beats forecasts,…

Air France-KLM reported a net loss in HY1 of EUR 239 million, down from -158 million last year. In Q2 the Franco-Dutch airline group posted a EUR 81 million profit, but this was 30 million lower compared to the same…

Airbus can look back on a strong first six months, but to make 2019 a good year a lot still needs to be done in HY2. At Commercial Aircraft the priority in the next six months is mainly on one…