American Airlines did a brave thing today with its amr-aircraft from Airbus (260+365) and Boeing (200+100). If you are a fleet planner at United, Delta or Southwest, your stomach just took a very unpleasant turn. The US domestic fleet (except…
The Airbus A320neo family success and pressure mounting on airlines for better fuel efficiency sooner, rather than later, mitigate for a 737RE in the near term. A re-engined 737 would provide the fuel efficiency carriers need by 2015-2016, rather than…
Problems with re-work and flight test results continue to plague the beleaguered 787 program, and we understand that only 3-5 deliveries will occur in 2011, down from a projected 12-20 as of Boeing’s last earnings call. Compounding the problem, we…
With the rash of orders at Paris, we asked Airbus today how long a customer would need to wait for delivery of a new aircraft, if ordered after the show. The results are quite astounding. For a new A320 family,…
The Boeing 757 occupies a unique market niche at the top end of the narrow-body market. With a two-class capacity of 189 seats, and a 3,900 nautical mile range, this aircraft was once a staple of the transcontinental US market…
It was reported in Germany that the airline has a big order coming – maybe up to 150 planes. While the excitement is justified, note that the mother ship orders for the whole family. Therefore such an order is likely…