Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline, has been vocal in pushing Airbus to revise the A380. As we pass through the A380’s first decade in service, the recent decision by Emirates to switch to Rolls-Royce from Engine Alliance got…
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…
Airbus and Boeing are increasing production rates for their single aisle aircraft dramatically. Boeing has already committed to growing the 737 production rate to 47 per month in 2017, and to 52 by 2018. Earlier this year, Airbus announced it…
We published a premium story today on the timing of the A380’s launch. The timing of the A380 launch was driven by many factors and certainly one of the principal factors was competing with Boeing’s 747 and its monopoly of…
The A380 has recently been in the news, with the question being asked of whether it will become profitable and gain additional sales in today’s airline environment. Our view of the aircraft is that it was introduced a decade before…
[UPDATE: Bloomberg News] Today’s Skymark news about its cancelled order at first glance looks like very bad news for Airbus. Clearly the cancellation is disruptive for Airbus, but they must have reached the end of their patience. Skymark has made…