Air India sale flops
Bloomberg is reporting that the attempted sale of Air India by the government has attracted no buyers. As they point out this is a blow to the Prime Minister. Since the deal required taking on 66% of the airline’s $7.8bn…
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.
BWI gets more Iceland attention
Yesterday evening, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) welcomed the start of international service from Icelandair, a new airline for the airport. Icelandair began roundtrip flights on Monday between BWI Marshall and Keflavik International Airport in Iceland. Icelandair’s hub in…
Serge Dassault dies aged 93
French aviation legend, Serge Dassault, passed away at 93. M. Dassault was the head of aviation and software giant Dassault Group, which also owns the Le Figaro newspaper. He was a giant of the French business world who had also…
1Q18 selected US majors flight ops
Regular readers know we have a fascination with flight operations. More specifically, with ground handling time. We analyzed the first three months of the 2018 US DoT On-Time data to see if we could identify anything unusual. Here’s what…
Rolls-Royce’s Pearl
Along with the well kept secret Global 5500 and 6500 development, the Rolls-Royce Peral engine was also kept secret until yesterday. Rolls-Royce claims to be the world’s leading engine supplier for business aviation, powering over 3,000 aircraft in service today,…
C Series gets a big boost
airBaltic and Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the parties have executed a firm purchase agreement for the sale and purchase of 30 Bombardier CS300 aircraft with options for an additional 30 aircraft of the same type. This order complements the existing…