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Category Air Berlin
Filling the Air Berlin gap
Air Berlin is gone. What was once a significant airline is now bankrupt. The chart shows the airline’s fleet history. As the chart shows, the airline was in trouble for some time, at least since 2011. Social media has several…
Air Berlin’s A330s attracting attention?
Reuters has an interesting story on the Air Berlin A330 fleet. It mentions an apparent interest in a dozen of the 17. Take a look at the airline’s A330 fleet data and at the bottom of the chart, you can…
The correlation between airline ground time and profits
Airlines know that fast turnarounds mean profits – Southwest advertised ten-minute turns back in 1982. While there have been various claims about turnaround times, there has been a shortage of data to help determine just how important this factor is…
Europe, the ME3 and the quiet winner in-between
In the latest dispute between the ME3 and US3 during the CAPA conference in Las Vegas, the opinions on who won the debate differ. Looking to Europe, we see that the beliefs of the big European airline groups on government…
Alitalia out of the AEA
Guest Editorial by Fabio Gigante, Italy. Mr. Gigante is an aviation reporter and writes for JP4, VOLARE, Target, Aviazione Civile, la REPUBBLICA (cronaca di Palermo) and Capo Segreteria Provveditorato Interregionale per le Opere Pubbliche. The Italian airline led by Silvano…