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. …
One of today’s best panels was titled the “Fleet Managers” and moderated by Helane Becker from Cowen & Co. On the panel were Nathaniel Pieper from Delta, Jude Bricker from Allegiant and Jose Yunda from Avianca. Mr Pieper started off…
Indigo Partners Managing Partner Bill Franke is an industry legend. His background in the industry is not only long, but global. His business has invested in LCCs all over the world. This means his industry view is not exclusively US-oriented.…
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The key issue from today’s Airline Economics event in Dublin has been the unexpected windfall for the industry because of lower fuel prices. The most immediate expectation is that airlines are getting to make windfall profits. This is obviously good…
Mitsubishi provided some images overnight on their MRJ’s first engine run. The program is moving rapidly towards first flight. We understand that Mitsubishi is facing the same kind of problems other OEMs have been challenged with – namely systems integration. …