News reports out last week suggested that Boeing’s 787 sales have slowed, and the company may be facing more financial headwinds as a result. But before you buy into doom and gloom headlines, let’s take a look at some data…
News this morning of an alliance of several low fare carriers in Asia could change the aviation landscape in the region. The Value Alliance will include eight low fare carriers in Asia. The carriers are Vanilla Air (owned by ANA…
A report from Japan says ANA is buying three A380s. On June 21 2015 we wrote about how we thought the Skymark bankruptcy would play out. We asked Intrepid Aviation for feedback and wrote about that too. As we noted…
There is some intriguing news out of Japan today. ANA seems to have won the battle for Skymark with Airbus’ help. This gives ANA a very strong hand at Haneda. Intrepid, which had backed Delta for a Skymark plan, offered…
Japan’s Skymark Airlines declared bankruptcy in January. This was not a surprise as many thought the company’s ambitions were unrealistic. When it folded, the airline had large debts to both Intrepid Aviation and Airbus. Skymark filed for bankruptcy protection because…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry announced a first flight delay for the MRJ, and that it has launched a new management structure to facilitate the transition of the MRJ program from the development phase to manufacturing phase of development. In addition to…