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Month February 2021

Morning Call – Wednesday 24 February 2021

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 AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Jetmakers to lose orders in Norwegian restructuring – Reuters The Airline Industry after Covid-19: Value Extraction or Recovery? – AmericanAffairs The Signs of Recovery in the Aviation Industry Are There – Airside Saab heads…

Morning Call – Tuesday 23 February 2021

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 AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Singapore A380 leaves storage – Twitter Jet Engine Explosion Over Denver Rings Alarms About Shielding – Bloomberg UAE to buy 500 Russian helicopters for its police – MEmonitor Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 For Sale…

The growing importance of freight

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Freight grew in importance as passengers grew less important.  The demand for PPE from overseas required US carriers to use long-range widebody aircraft to get to source markets like China.  The cargo was bulky but relatively light.  Several airlines took…

Changing Times in the Mid-Size Air Cargo Market

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The mid-sized air cargo market has been dominated in recent years by the Boeing 767, whether factory-build freighters (still in production for FedEx) or converted freighters (for which Amazon Prime Air is a key growth customer). The 767-300ER has become…

Morning Call – Monday 22 February 2021

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 AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Surf Air’s Ampaire Acquisition Could Speed Up Hybrid-Electric Aviation – AvWeek Terrafugia to shut down US operations – FlightGlobal After 70 years, local GE Aviation employee shows no signs of slowing down on the…