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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.

The murky future for US Airlines

2021 01 28 14 32 31

The financial results are awful – as expected. But still, a $35Bn loss is eye-popping.  The slow US Covid vaccination rate provides little encouragement that people will be able to travel by air this coming summer.  Some are of the…

Morning Call – Thursday 28 January 2021

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  AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Raytheon cut 1,500 more jobs at Collins, to reduce commercial aerospace headcount by 20% – MarketWatch Boeing delays 777X deliveries again as it posts record annual loss – FT Air Peace Takes delivery…

Morning Call – Wednesday 27 January 2021

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  AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Concorde successor AS2 – CNN U.K. Picks Irish Plant Sold by Bombardier to Build Drone Fighter – Bloomberg China’s Challenger to Boeing, Airbus to Finally Begin Deliveries – Bloomberg Business Aviation Study suggests…

Morning Call – Tuesday 26 January 2021

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  AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Electric seaplanes, soon in Majorca? – allplane Major Airbus disruption  – Reuters Manufacturing of CR929 plane to start in 2021 – GlobalTimes Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again ‘too early’ – Yahoo…

Big Pratt & Whitney win

2021 01 25 12 22 26

After the maligning of the GTF from India, here comes something interesting.  Frontier Airlines announced the selection of Pratt & Whitney GTF engines to power 134 Airbus A320neos. The engines will power 49 A320neo, 67 A321neo, and 18 A321XLR aircraft,…

Morning Call – Monday 25 January 2021

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  AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation AirKenya receives first Dash 8-200 – ch-Aviation Guangzhou Baiyun International beats Atlanta – Twitter Trump Administration Let Boeing Settle a Killer Case for Almost Nothing – NYmag Vancouver seaplane company to resume test…