Morning Call – Friday 17 January 2020
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Year 2020
Fuel burn, stage length and seat capacity – A Review
With a recent data update from DoT and an idea from a reader, we took a look at how flight stage length, seat capacity, and fuel burn looked across the US airline fleet. The timing of this idea came up…
Airbus makes autonomous take-offs a reality
What is the next step after full automatic landings? Full automatic take-offs, of course. Airbus has succeeded in doing this on December 18, the company announced four weeks later on January 16. An A350-1000 test aircraft performed the first fully…
Morning Call – Thursday 16 January 2020
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Insight Wednesday 15 January 2020: Airbus focusing on automated manufacturing that Boeing must match
The news today is that David Calhoun begins his tenure as Boeing’s CEO after being a long-time member of the Board of Directors, replacing Dennis Muilenburg. The challenges he will face are daunting, as the company remains in the midst…
Air Canada Launches A220 Service
AirInsight is in Montreal for the Air Canada event celebrating the entry into service of the Airbus A220 (nee Bombardier CSeries.) Prior to the event, we were able to interview several individuals, whose videos follow. First up is Captain Tompkins,…