The Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-9 are the best-selling wide-body variants in the market today. These aircraft are remarkably similar in many respects. Each utilizes a high percentage of lightweight carbon fiber materials in its structure, with 53% of the…
Business Jet Delivery Patterns are Changing
The global airline industry faces a pilot shortage in the post-Covid environment. Internationally, that shortage will be short-lived, as training a new pilot from an ab-initio program to flying in the right seat takes 250-500 hours. Several training initiatives are…
Is a premium first-class viable in three and four-class narrowbody markets? Twenty years ago, first class was differentiated from the rest of airline cabins. More recently, the differentiation between first and business class has diminished with the introduction of international…
GAMA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, released its Year End 2022 results summarizing the industry’s shipments and billings earlier today. Business aviation continued a slow improvement during the 4th quarter, with shipments and billings exceeding pre-pandemic levels in piston and…
We’ll likely see Creeping incrementalism in the near future when we look at new aircraft. You might ask, when will we see the next all-new airplane announcement from Airbus or Boeing? Please don’t hold your breath, as it won’t be…