Lufthansa has decided not to sell part of its MRO business unit Lufthansa Technik to a third party. After considering all options, the airline group wants to retain a 100 percent share of LHT, for which it has set out a…
Yesterday’s news about a joint venture between Canada’s Air Transat and Porter Airlines percolated overnight. The idea they put forward looks smarter the more we think about it. The strength, as we see it, is their combined fleet capabilities. Neither…
Canada’s Porter Airlines is growing its Embraer E195-E2 fleet. The airline has exercised purchase rights for 25 aircraft, which will bring the fleet to 75 aircraft when all have been delivered. This will make Porter the biggest E2 operator in the world.…
Growth of the global fleet of new aircraft as well as continued demand for maintenance of in-service aircraft will almost double the commercial aircraft services market to $210 billion over the next two decades. If training of pilots and maintenance…
In the next four years, Rolls-Royce forecasts a 40 percent improvement of time-on-wing for all large widebody engines. This will drive product durability and extend engine life and component life limits. Shop visit costs for an XWB engine should be reduced…
Last week, we attended Embraer’s Media Day in NYC, where 3Q23 results were presented. Today we had a follow-up conversation with Arjan Meijer. Our agenda: Dubai was about a week ago – what can you tell us about the region’s…