On Monday, Aer Lingus announced it plans to serve Indianapolis with its new A321XLR. This route is 5,983km or 3,717 miles. A few questions arise from this news. Is this a good market? Is this the optimal aircraft? And, of…
Boeing has long been the dominant OEM in the air freight business. We developed the following model using data from the US DoT’s T2 dataset. Please click the double-headed arrow at the bottom right for optimal viewing. McDonnell Douglas was…
The Airbus A320 family program has always offered engine choices. We track these programs and note interesting trends with engine choices we thought we’d share. Let’s start with a historical perspective using data from ch-Aviation. How good are these data…
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One door closes, and another opens. It has been four days since the delivery of the new aircraft. Last year, Southwest Airlines took delivery of a new MAX every four days. Things are changing for the worse. At least for…
Reuters reports that Airbus faces delivery challenges because of Spirit Aero’s supplies. The report notes that Airbus has its people on-site at Spirit Aero’s North Carolina facility. The media was briefed on this the night before the Farnborough show. The…