A day later than planned KLM has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 on June 29, bringing the aircraft home to Amsterdam Schiphol in the morning of June 30. The absence of the longest version of the Dreamliner kind…
It would appear that Air France is considering beginning the phasing out its relatively young 787 fleet as early as this summer in favor of A350s. This rationalization strategy would see the 787s likely being transferred to KLM. Views: 42
Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the trends. Over the half a century of airliner leasing it has been a booming business. “In 1970 a half of…
With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that airplanes are vulnerable. There is nothing quite like an airline/airplane scary story to catch people’s attention. The industry safety statistics are too good to…
Last Saturday, October 28, KLM performed its final commercial passenger service operated by a Fokker aircraft. This ended a 97-year association with Fokker. The airline’s last six inbound F70s arrived in Amsterdam from Dusseldorf, Norwich, Hannover, Brussels, Luxembourg and London…
Who would have thought it? Delta is one of the leading US carriers that has made its annoyance with the big three Middle Eastern airlines quite public. But today Delta announced that it is taking yet another equity stake in…