The Economist has a marvelous interactive chart on population that has significant implications for commercial aviation, and is fun to interact with. By 2030, nearly 9% of the world’s population will be living in just 41 megacities (those with more than 10m residents), according…
Mark Lapidus is CEO of Amedeo, a leasing firm with with 20 A380s on order. Selling the A380 has proven to be a complicated task. The aircraft is the largest passenger airliner and for many airlines, the A380 is intimidating. …
AirInsight’s newest report is will be available Friday, January 16th. The report consists of 46 pages with 23 tables and charts. The report discusses potential engine options, the market for very large aircraft, frequencies, capacities, and constraints, and competitive economics,…
[Typically our Premium stories are subscriber access only. We are opening this one as a sample.] The issue of an A380neo reappeared again at the recent A350XWB first delivery event in Toulouse. While the question wasn’t directly related to the…
The ripples from Airbus’ investor day still reverberate. One item caught our eye and its about the engine selection. For some time now there has been a drip-drip of information that indicates Rolls-Royce has the lead in the secret…
The fact that the Very Large Aircraft segment has slow demand is not in doubt. Sales have been at lower levels than either Airbus or Boeing predicted. Today, they are nowhere near the number that Airbus predicted, and even lower…