Qatar switches A320neos for A321neos
Qatar Airways is in the news again and, once again, its about Airbus. The airline plans to swap its order for up to 80 A320neos for A321neos. “We are going to take all A321s, there will be no more A320s,”…
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India’s tough domestic air travel market
India is a market that has been attractive for OEMs for many years. The following two charts explain why. The first chart shows how strongly the domestic air travel market has grown. Typically, passenger traffic doubles every 15 years –…
Doing business in Iran
The excitement of trading with Iran’s airlines is bringing OEMs some uncertainty. This is going to be unwelcome to suppliers who dislike adding uncertainty to an already uncertain industry. Let’s start with Superjet. News from Iran now suggests the SSJ…
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Airbus’ 2016 A350 deliveries
The chart tells the story. Airbus clearly pulled out all the stops to fix its supply chain troubles on the A350 this past year. December was a blowout performance. Views: 32
Delta’s 787 decision
Yesterday’s 787 decision by Delta was not unexpected. The original 787 order was from Northwest Airlines. Once Northwest merged with Delta, it was Delta’s fleet plan that took precedence. As of 3Q16 Delta’s fleet looked like this. Boeing represented 58%…