Airbus’ Crawford Hamilton at TAP A330-900 delivery
Crawford Hamilton provided the media this product briefing this morning in Toulouse. Images from our A330 FAL visit are here. Views: 16
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.
Flybe rescued by Virgin Atlantic?
Flybe, the largest airline by passenger volume at Birmingham Airport, confirmed it is in talks with Virgin Atlantic about a potential takeover bid. Earlier this week Flybe announced it was considering a sale of their business. The Virgin news sent…
Q&A with Falko Regional Aircraft focused on China
A quick Q&A with Will van Zeventer, SVP Portfolio Development at Falko on their China announcement. AirInsight: Please can you explain the selection of China and Tianjin specifically? Falko: The China regional aviation market promises to be a real growth…
Delta’s A330neo and A350 decision
Last week Delta announced it was adding 10 Airbus 330-900neo aircraft to its fleet. Simultaneously, Delta reduced its near-term A350-900 purchase commitment to a total of 15 aircraft from 25. The 10 previously on order A350 aircraft have been deferred…
Airbus O&D through October 2018
To get an idea of just how far back Airbus orders are this year, look at this chart. The last year Airbus had so few single-aisle orders was 2009 – but the year after that was one of their best.…
A fleet audit – the de Havilland Canada DHC-8
The recent purchase of this program, in its entirety, by Viking Air, by way of Longview Aviation, provides an excellent time to do an audit to see what Viking has got its hands on. Our audit shows there were 1,260…