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Vietjet Air picks A330 for widebody operations

Vietjet Air has chosen Airbus A330 aircraft for its widebody operations, making it the first widebody for the Vietnamese low-cost carrier, which currently operates all-Airbus A320 family aircraft. In a Vietnamese statement from 5 November, Vietjet said three leased...

Daily Insight: Tuesday 19 February 2019: The Business Case for the NMA Appears Tenuous

News Several industry observers remain uncertain as to whether Boeing will be able to successfully launch the 797 to compete effectively against the A321LR and potential A322 competition in the middle of the market. In a recent story, Jon Ostrower of The Air Current...

A330neo Chicago-Atlanta

On July 6th Airbus brought their A330-900 from Chicago to Atlanta. We were invited by Airbus to join this flight to see how the aircraft feels as a passenger. The first image is of the aircraft as we walked up to it at the O'Hare location. One is aware the aircraft...

A perspective on the A330neo loss at American

"American Airlines is a big customer. Every OEM wants their equipment flown by this airline. Losing this customer is not something that goes down easily. The considered opinions are the loss of an order for Airbus is awful (series of blows?, despair?). This "loss"...

Daily Insight: Tuesday 19 February 2019: The Business Case for the NMA Appears Tenuous

Feb 19, 2019 | Airbus, Airbus A321 Neo, Airbus A330, Boeing, Boeing 797, Boeing NMA

News Several industry observers remain uncertain as to whether Boeing will be able to successfully launch the 797 to...

A330neo Chicago-Atlanta

Jul 7, 2018 | Airbus, Airbus A330, Airbus A330neo

On July 6th Airbus brought their A330-900 from Chicago to Atlanta. We were invited by Airbus to join this flight to...

A perspective on the A330neo loss at American

Apr 9, 2018 | Airbus, Airbus A330, Airbus A330neo, American Airlines, Boeing

"American Airlines is a big customer. Every OEM wants their equipment flown by this airline. Losing this customer is...

Air Berlin’s A330s attracting attention?

Aug 30, 2017 | Air Berlin, Airbus, Airbus A330, Lufthansa

Reuters has an interesting story on the Air Berlin A330 fleet. It mentions an apparent interest in a dozen of the...

In conversation with Cobalt Air

Aug 23, 2017 | Airbus, Airbus A330, Boeing, Boeing 787, Cobalt

We had a conversation with Andrew Madar, CEO at Cobalt Air, which is based in Cyprus. Cyprus is not an easy market,...

Premium – A Fleet Review of Air France/KLM

Apr 19, 2017 | Air France KLM, Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Airbus A330neo, Airbus a350, Airbus A380, Boeing, Boeing 737 NG, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Douglas, McDonnell Douglas, premium

Air France and KLM merged in 2004. The joint company has hubs in Amsterdam and Paris. Because of their long...

Middle of Market Considerations

Sep 5, 2016 | Airbus, Airbus A321, Airbus A321 Neo, Airbus A330, Boeing, Boeing 787

The MoM continues to be a subject of considerable chatter among aviation and financial pundits and analysts. It is...

Premium #217 – Delta’s Fleet News

May 9, 2016 | Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Airbus A350xwb, American Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 NG, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 757, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Bombardier, C Series, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Embraer E Jet E2, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi MRJ, premium, United Airlines

Over the past week we had some big news from Delta. First came the much anticipated order for the CSeries. Although...

EVA Airways’ big order

Oct 16, 2015 | Airbus, Airbus A330, Boeing, Boeing 777, Delta Air Lines, Eva

Boeing announced EVA Airways' intent to purchase up to 24 787-10s and two additional 777-300ERs, which is valued at...

Skymark update

Aug 5, 2015 | Airbus, Airbus A330, Airbus A380, ANA, Delta Air Lines, Intrepid, Rolls-Royce, Skymark

There is some intriguing news out of Japan today. ANA seems to have won the battle for Skymark with Airbus' help. ...

Premium #180 – Skymark and the Intrepid/Delta Plan

Jul 21, 2015 | Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Airbus A380, American Airlines, ANA, Boeing, Boeing 777 9x, CIT, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, Oneworld, premium, Rolls-Royce, Skymark, Skyteam, Star Alliance, United Airlines

Japan’s Skymark Airlines declared bankruptcy in January. This was not a surprise as many thought the company’s...

Fleet manager panel notes – Airline Economics Dublin 2015

Jan 20, 2015 | Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A330, Airbus a350, Allegiant, Avianca, Boeing, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 787, Delta Air Lines

One of today's best panels was titled the "Fleet Managers" and moderated by Helane Becker from Cowen & Co. On the...

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