Bloomberg has an interesting article out today. The focus of the story is Boeing and Spirit. But there is an item that caught our eye. “The Boeing-Spirit deal also extends the number of planes covered by the 787 agreement to…
Both airlines fly eight of these models and both the fleets are powered by Rolls-Royce. But British Airways is tier one network airline and Norwegian is a long-haul LCC. Their customer base should be entirely different. Their routes should also…
Air France and KLM merged in 2004. The joint company has hubs in Amsterdam and Paris. Because of their long histories in aviation, these two airlines have a reach to every corner of the globe. Both companies have numerous subsidiaries…
News from Bloomberg suggests that AerLingus is about to announce a decision to select the Airbus A321LR to replace its Boeing 757s. These 757s are primarily used to connect Ireland and US east coast cities. The Boeing 757 is a…
The airline business is competitive – more so than most other types of business. It is also a complex business because its reach is global. The airlines that have dominated the industry so far tended to be network, or legacy,…
In 2013, we published an article on, and coined the phrase, the Super Twins, the A350-1000 and 777-9. Since that time, the market has continued to evolve, with these aircraft becoming viable alternatives to larger four-engined very large aircraft in…