It was going to happen, as the airline industry starts to sense a slowdown. The order splurge of the past few years was unprecedented. Between them, Airbus and Boeing are sitting on a seven-year backlog in single-aisle aircraft. But because…
The Problem Boeing has a big problem. The MAX crisis didn’t create the problem but has certainly highlighted and exacerbated it. What is the problem? Communications or better stated, the lack of communications coming from Seattle or Chicago. The MAX…
We have updated our transactions tracker and switched from PowerPoint charts to a dynamic model. This model will be open to all readers. We plan to update the model after each month end. Page one: select an OEM and watch…
We have published another model. This one allows a reader to see how the US airlines (Majors and Regionals) have deployed their fleets. The model shows average stage length and combines this with the number of flights over the period…
The recent Air New Zealand order for eight 787s had two twists that caught our attention. The first was the selection of GE to power these aircraft. The airline is like British Airways, Qantas and Cathay Pacific – they traditionally…
Yesterday we reported fuel burn numbers which we called “preliminary”. Today we got confirmation that Spirit Airlines refiled their numbers for 2017, so now we have final numbers. For some time we have been eager to see how the A320neo…