August Transactions
We have updated our monthly model. The model has been tweaked to show the Top 25 for each of the three tables. The Top 25 is counted over the past three years cumulative. This is because this is a…
Month August 2019
The Pacific Northwest is ideal for the first deployment of electrically powered commercial aircraft
2019 will go down as the year that electrically powered aircraft became a serious issue. The Eviation Alice at the Paris airshow attracted more attention than was expected. It won a customer order. But from where we are now to…
Insight: Friday 30 August 2019 – Reading the tea leaves on MAX return to service
A couple of news stories emerged that could cast some doubt on the imminent return of the MAX. One story speaks of alternative Boeing strategies to retain production employees in the event of a factory shutdown, and another highlights United…
A tide change for Cape Air
Being on the small side of the airline business is tough. This is an industry that favors volume and critical mass. The bigger the airline the more easily it weathers the multitudinous shocks this industry has to deal with. On…
Morning Call – Friday 30 August 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
AirAsia X re-thinks A330neo-order and opts for A321XLR
Malaysia’s long-haul low-cost airline AirAsia X announced ‘new’ orders with Airbus on August 30, but part of the agreement isn’t that new at all. Actually, it is more of another re-think of its fleet plans. We are talking about the purchase…