Morning Call – Friday 27 September 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
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 rising cost of the NMA missed opportunity
Boeing invented the Middle of Market (MoM) with its 757 and 767. These two aircraft fit the need and there was nothing to compete with them. Both models developed into families. While the larger 757-300 was an oddball but still…
Morning Call – Thursday 26 September 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Embraer’s strike
Yesterday Embraer’s San Jose dos Campos operation was disrupted by strike action. When we contacted the firm we were told the action was small – 80% of the employees were at work. The remaining 20% were outside. Many of these…
Morning Call – Wednesday 25 September 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
American and United dismiss 100-seaters?
[UPDATE] Wouldn’t you know it? After this story was published the DOT updated its Form 41. Here are the latest numbers through 2Q19. Fuel burn was 54.6% of US fleet operating costs overall A319 fuel burn costs/seat/hour $13.60 – 55.5%…