Richard Schuurman

Active as a journalist since 1987, with a background in newspapers, magazines, and a regional news station, Richard has been covering commercial aviation on a freelance basis since late 2016. Richard is contributing to AirInsight since December 2018. He also writes for Airliner World, Aviation News, Piloot & Vliegtuig, and Luchtvaartnieuws Magazine. Twitter: @rschuur_aero.

Joined: December 13, 2018
Articles: 2010
Comments: 23

Airbus

Fire at Premium AEROTEC has limited effects on Airbus

Production of Airbus parts will only be modestly affected by a fire at its tier 1 supplier Premium AEROTEC, a company spokesperson tells AirInsight. “To the best of our present knowledge we do not expect any significant supply shortfalls towards…

Richard Schuurman
December 31, 2018

AerCap, Air Asia, Air Lease Corp, Airbus, Airlines, ALAFCO, American Airlines, Avolon, BOC, Boeing, Bombardier, CDB Leasing, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd, China Development Bank Leasing, COMAC, DAE, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Frontier, GECAS, ILFC, KLM, Lessors, Mitsubishi, Norwegian Air, Volaris, Wizz Air

Buying or leasing? That’s the question

Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the trends. Over the half a century of airliner leasing it has been a booming business. “In 1970 a half of…

Richard Schuurman
December 17, 2018