At Airbus and Boeing, the trend in single aisle aircraft is quite clear – both OEMs are delivering larger aircraft, and have virtually abandoned the under 150-seat segment in recent years. The following chart shows Airbus single aisle deliveries from…
Delta Air Lines seems to be ending three routes to Tokyo’s Narita. Since Tokyo is a major market, the changes must be really noteworthy. Delta’s Japanese hub was created by Northwest Airlines. Recent changes to the US-Japan bilateral herald important…
The A380 has recently been described as having a limited future. After the Farnborough show, Airbus cut back production. Then came news that Qantas will not take another eight it has on order. All bad news for the program one…
With discussion about a bubble in the single aisle markets and the realization today that even widebody orders are slowing, what conclusions can we draw from fleet data? Clearly it is difficult to see a pattern when looking year by…
First it was Airbus, then it was Embraer and Bombardier. Then came ATR, Boeing and now its Mitsubishi. Iran has now been speaking with or has deals with every western OEM. This is what we have suggested is going to…
The wave of orders for wide-body aircraft has slowed to a trickle in 2016. Why has this happened, and when will the market turn around? There are a number of reasons that order books have not been particularly robust in…