As 2024 starts, some airlines are experiencing a steep acceleration towards bitter times. January hasn’t been kind to Alaska and Spirit, for instance. And down south, Brazilian GOL faces a storm that could shake the entire South American market. Rumors are…
It has been some time since we last heard from Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) about their hybrid-electric powertrain. Today, the OEM announced the development of a bi-directional mobile charging unit (MCU) capable of charging high-power batteries at up to…
In collaboration with the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), we have tracked South Africa’s air traffic over several years. The model lists up to three-quarters of the current calendar year. Notes: South Africa, like many markets, has a V-shaped…
We updated our model with the latest US DoT T-100 data. The upper chart shows traffic back to 1995. The lower chart shows the load factor over the same period. Twenty-eight years offers a nice long trend. What is interesting…
This order was expected a year ago, and at last, here we are: Delta Air Lines ordered 20 Airbus A350-1000s and took another 20 options. There had been chatter about more A330-900s also. This model was not ordered, and we…