Sukhoi is poised to cancel its Superjet order with Iran. This news follows our recent story about how difficult obtaining and maintaining aircraft is for Iran’s airlines with reintroduced US sanctions. ATR managed to deliver within the period in which sanctions…
Flying in the US is not only crowded it is also taking more time. The time airlines take to move aircraft around on the ground is rising. It is worth considering what this means to airlines. In 2015 the average…
We had a quick Q&A with SA Airlink’s CEO on the first year anniversary of the airline’s service to St. Helena. AirInsight – What can you tell us about the traffic growth in the market? Up to expectations, better than…
After announcing the sale of the Q Series, following Airbus assuming control of the C Series, the general consensus is that Bombardier is exiting the commercial aerospace OEM business. Maybe. What is clear is that Bombardier has thrown down the…
A wide-ranging chat with regional airline guru UK-based Bernie Baldwin. We discuss the sale of the Q400 program to Viking. Along with several implications of this move. Viking has now bought every propeller-driven program Bombardier has owned. Indeed, Viking will…
[UPDATE – a UAC spokeperson shared this: “We applied to OFAC (The Office of Foreign Assets Control), in order to receive the approval for SSJ100 delivery to Iran due to some American components in the aircraft. However, SCAC is further…