More On-Time tracking
Here is an update to our US On-Time model. Select the city on the list and the model updates immediately. For simplicity, we show the major cities. The observant will notice the strange change in numbers from 2017 (lots of…
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.
Podcast – The “Goldilocks” A321LR
We saw this story early yesterday and it was good reading. But when we got to this part: “For many airlines, the A321LR is a ‘Goldilocks’ aircraft that is neither too big nor too small for many destinations, especially point-to-point”…
Boeing’s MAX – Podcast on where are we and what do we know?
We had a discussion with Peter Lemme, a former Boeing flight control engineer. Peter is now a satellite communications engineer and has an excellent blog where you can delve into his reviews and analyses on the two MAX crashes. Reading…
Southwest Airlines pilots and the MAX
The item behind this post comes from here. The key item to focus on: “Closer to home, the advantages and disadvantages of an airline having a single fleet and having aircraft from only one manufacturer are already being discussed in…
The US airline traffic score through January 2019
Yesterday the DoT updated their T-100 dataset. Here is our updated model on how the big US airlines are doing. Load factors softened but that should not be a concern yet. However, notice that load factors were pretty stable from…
The U.S.-Qatar Open Skies Agreement
Qatar Airways today published a PR note about its investment in Air Italy. The note starts like this: “Following recent false accusations relating to Qatar Airways’ shareholding in Air Italy, such baseless statements and consistent inaccuracies need addressing as…