Insight: Friday 19 July 2019 – $4.9 Billion charge just the tip of the MAX iceberg
Month July 2019
Hawaiian Airlines benefits from A321neo deployment
Hawaiian Airlines is a good example of an airline that deploys “middle of the market” sized aircraft. They have a small high-frequency short-haul fleet for inter-island traffic. But island to mainland service is a good place for a middle of…
Morning Call – Friday 19 July 2019
Commercial Aviation Boeing To Book Massive Quarterly Loss As It Takes $4.9 Billion Charge On 737 MAX Fallout – Source: Forbes Are cellphones a flight danger? They could be on these Boeing jets – Source: Bloomberg Airbus closes in on…
Boeing takes 4.9 billion Q2 charge on MAX
Boeing has taken a $4.9 billion pre-tax charge to cover costs resulting from the MAX grounding, compensation and production delays. That’s for Q2, so the charge might increase for the year. The airframer announced the charge on July 18, six…
Final A321neo pitch fix not ready before Q3 2020 (update)
Airbus will have a final fix for the A321neo-pitch issue available only by Q3 2020, a spokesperson has told Airinsight. Until then pilots flying the type will be advised to prevent certain manoeuvres through an amendment of Aircraft Flight Manual…
Tight margins at US airlines
That the US airline industry is competitive is well established. Even in a consolidated field, the few fight for every customer. We decided to look at just how hard are they competing. Using several data sources, we built a model. …