Al Baker’s u-turn
Qatar Airways’ CEO is used to playing with the media. He does this at every opportunity at every industry event he attends. The media squash, push and squeeze into the tiniest spaces at events to be within earshot. He never…
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.
MAX is coming to the USA
Norwegian’s MAXs start service on the weekend, with aircraft flying to Stuart (NY) and Bradley (CT). The lack of flying to date, we understand, was not because of any technical issue or concern. Two of the 110 MAXs the airline…
Air Transat to be North American Airbus A321LR launch operator
Airbus reports that “Ten Airbus A321LR aircraft will be joining the fleet of Canadian airline Air Transat, making it the first North American operator of the longest-range single-aisle aircraft in the world. Air Transat will lease the aircraft through a…
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The big duopoly race
If we take the latest numbers through the first half of this year we note that Boeing has moved decisively ahead in orders. Airbus is at 203 YTD compared to Boeing’s 421. What do the data suggest is going on?…
SSJ certified for short runways plus noise reduction
In a press release out today, Superjet International announced: “Since the beginning of July 2017 Sukhoi Superjet 100 has successfully performed flights to one of the oldest airports of Northern Europe – Bromma (Sweden). It has relatively short runway of…