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CFM LEAP vs P&W GTF
Engine makers are under some of the greatest stress as the pandemic continues. The Power by The Hour business model worked well until engines...
Lufthansa announces extra job cuts – A380s in deep storage
Lufthansa is to cut more full-time jobs and retire additional aircraft, it announced on September 21 in its third restructuring program. An...
Morning Call – Monday 21 September 2020
AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation MS-21 and Superjet to set initial focus on Russia - aeroTELEGRAPH Boeing books two 737-800BCF...
Airbus opts for hydrogen for next-generation airliners (update)
Airbus is getting serious about developing a new generation of zero-emission airliners, the first of which should be available around 2035. All...
Buy local: how retail investors save Icelandair
Despite the dire position of many airlines and the world’s economy likely to head in a recession as the recovery of Covid-19 takes longer, there are...
Morning Call – Friday 18 September 2020
AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation French Bee eyes arrival of A350-1000s - FlightGlobal Southwest takes 115 of its 737-800s out of...
US DoT T-2 Updated
The US DoT's T-2 dataset may be the most useful for the areas we cover - it has many interesting data points. Several of our data models make use of...
House Committee MAX report: “A troubling pattern of problems”
The design of the Boeing 737 MAX was marred by technical design failures, lack of transparency with both regulators and customers, and efforts to...
Wheeltug Test Drive Event
Wheeltug has been working on its e-taxi solution for several years. The company today demonstrated its e-taxi solution today in Memphis, TN. The...
Insight- Tuesday 15 September 2020: The Boeing Dilemma: Transparency versus Reputation
News:In recent weeks, Boeing has self-reported difficulties it discovered in quality control with the Boeing 787. Incredibly, the fourth area of...
Morning Call: Tuesday 15 September 2020
AirInsight US Airline Performance Index Commercial AerospaceHomeward Bound - CF34-10 assembly comes home to Durham - GEIs the Boeing 737 MAX now...
Discussion with Airbus Americas
Conversation with Jeff Knittel, Chairman & CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. https://youtu.be/UiuCaw0BV64
Morning Call – Monday 14 September 2020
AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Former Top Boeing 737 MAX Officials Defend Design Process - WSJ China-backed Skyrizon and local...
STARLUX bucks the trend by adding more aircraft
While almost all airlines struggle for survival and ponder how to recover from the Covid-crisis, some try to follow and adventurous and anti-cyclic...
Dreamliner tricks of the tail
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is under scrutiny for a number of production quality issues that involve the rear fuselage and tailplanes. The latest...
The Pandemic and US Airline Pilot Labor Relations
The hit came quickly in March. Traffic literally disappeared and US airlines scrambled to reconfigure their businesses. The switch was...
Morning Call – Friday 11 September 2020
Commercial Aviation More 787 drama - KOMO UAE aviation authority committed to return of 737 MAX - Yahoo Thyssenkrupp Aerospace and Mitsubishi Heavy...
T-100 Update
The US DoT recently updated its T-100 domestic data. Given the paucity of positive industry news and the aviation doldrums we find ourselves in, how...
Morning Call – Thursday 10 September 2020
AirInsight US Airline Index Commercial Aviation Canada blocks P&WC engine deal with China - JournaldeQuebec Proposed A380neo would have offered...
Boeing O&D August 2020
Based on Boeing's update, here's our model.