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Addison Schonland

Addison Schonland

Co-Founder AirInsight. My previous life includes stints at Shell South Africa, CIC Research, and PA Consulting. Got bitten by the aviation bug and ended up an Avgeek. Then the data bug got me, making me a curious Avgeek seeking data-driven logic. Also, I appreciate conversations with smart people from whom I learn so much. Summary: I am very fortunate to work with and converse with great people.

Evolving global flight ops

Airlines are still recovering from the pandemic, and their flight ops are changing.  Operating in a highly competitive industry, airlines constantly tweak and experiment. The industry’s need to continually optimize is why it showed yearly fuel burn improvement long before…

LOT Polish Airlines takes first E195-E2

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PR: LOT Polish Airlines has taken delivery of its first Embraer (NYSE: ERJ; B3: EMBR3) E195-E2 less than three months after signing the deal. The first of three jets leased via Azorra, will arrive in Poland shortly. LOT is adding the…

New deliveries through July 2024

The duopoly accounted for 94% through July The differences in new deliveries are rather stark Boeing has a good business in freighters (and military derivatives), but throttled-back delivery rates are damaging While Airbus numbers are better, by comparison, they are…

Africa Chat August 2024

This is our monthly chat with Sean Mendis about the African aviation scene. We started talking about the rumor that Qatar Airways is possibly buying into Airlink and ended up having a good review of the southern African region in…