Messing with seats
US airlines have been messing with seat counts for some time. The DoT data from the T-2 dataset allows us to demonstrate this. Here’s how we get the average numbers of seats. Dividing the ASMs by the miles flown gets…
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.
737 O&D from January 2005 through February 2019
A perspective you have not see not before. The chart is interactive; mouse over a tile on the treemap to see orders or deliveries. You can also mouse over any of the bubbles on the maps to see the underlying…
Podcast – Cape Air and the pilot shortage
We have a conversation with James Fletcher, Director of Pilot Industry Relations and Sourcing at Cape Air. The airline has novel ways to source pilots because it is a Part 135 operation. So single pilot operations are possible. But they…
US Big Four capacity growth has pushed the natural oligopoly rules
Unpacking the fleet changes at United Airlines
The FAA, US Carriers and the MAX
[That was quick – The FAA just grounded the MAX as well, moments after we posted this] The FAA and the US carriers flying the MAX are under pressure from all sides. The clamor for the MAX to be grounded…