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Insight: Monday 26 October 2020: Convincing AA Customers to fly the MAX

News: American Airlines announced that it is planning customer tours of the 737 MAX and pilot calls to boost confidence in the aircraft. American is planning to reintroduce the MAX into passenger service in late December, with flights between LGA and MIA starting...

American: 2.2 billion Q1 loss – fleet reduced by 100

American Airlines reported a $-2.2 billion Q1 net loss on April 30, four times the size of its main competitor Delta ($-422 million). This includes special items, otherwise, the result would have been $-1.1 billion. Still, it is another indication of how the current...

Qatar Airways and American Airlines Sign Strategic Partnership Deal and Codeshare Agreement

Remember the US vs the ME3? Perhaps the wind has changed direction. Al Baker's interest in buying into American was rebuffed. Yet here we are, we have a deal without equity, for now. One wonder's if Delta's move with LAN has created such a market upset that pushed...

Insight: Monday 23 September 2019: AA CEO – “Our MAX are safe today- other airlines may not be”

News Last week at an employee forum, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker made some controversial statements regarding the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. In response to a question from a pilot, he stated that the 737 MAX “is safe for American Airlines pilots to fly, and we...

American: 2.2 billion Q1 loss – fleet reduced by 100

Apr 30, 2020 | American Airlines

American Airlines reported a $-2.2 billion Q1 net loss on April 30, four times the size of its main competitor Delta...

Qatar Airways and American Airlines Sign Strategic Partnership Deal and Codeshare Agreement

Feb 25, 2020 | American Airlines

Remember the US vs the ME3? Perhaps the wind has changed direction. Al Baker's interest in buying into American was...

Insight: Monday 23 September 2019: AA CEO – “Our MAX are safe today- other airlines may not be”

Sep 23, 2019 | American Airlines

News Last week at an employee forum, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker made some controversial statements regarding...

Derisking fleets – the example of American Airlines

May 2, 2019 | American Airlines

With its huge order in 2011, American not only secured 460 new fuel-efficient aircraft, but it also forced Boeing to...

Daily Insight: Friday 21 March 2019: Safety Options and the MAX

Mar 22, 2019 | American Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, FAA, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

News It was disclosed today that some optional equipment related to safety will now be made standard on the Boeing...

Unpacking the fleet changes at American Airlines

Mar 12, 2019 | American Airlines

American has been taking delivery of new aircraft at a good pace. This is due, in part, to retiring it MD-80s. As a...

Total Ground Time – A Key Operational Metric for Airlines

Feb 12, 2019 | Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, American Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 737 NG, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines

The adage is an airplane does not make money on the ground. If this is true then ground time is not only lost revenue,...

US airline market concentration at 3Y18

Feb 1, 2019 | Airlines, Alaska, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Regional Airlines, Republic Air, SkyWest, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

Consolidation among US airlines has seen a sharp rise in the market power of a few very big companies. Looking only at...

Qatar buys 5% of China Southern

Jan 2, 2019 | Akbar Al Baker, American Airlines, China Southern, Qatar

Qatar Airways bought a 5% stake in China Southern Airlines, both companies announced on January 2 on a deal concluded...

Buying or leasing? That’s the question

Dec 17, 2018 | AerCap, Air Asia, Air Lease Corp, Airbus, Airlines, ALAFCO, American Airlines, Avolon, BOC, Boeing, Bombardier, CDB Leasing, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd, China Development Bank Leasing, COMAC, DAE, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Frontier, GECAS, ILFC, KLM, Lessors, Mitsubishi, Norwegian Air, Volaris, Wizz Air

Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the...

American buys more E-175s

Nov 5, 2018 | American Airlines, Embraer

Embraer announced this morning: "Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for 15 E175 jets in a 76-seat...

US airline industry fleet concentration

Sep 13, 2018 | Airlines, Alaska, Allegiant, American Airlines, Cape Air, Delta Air Lines, Frontier, Go Air, Hawaiian, Horizon Air, JetBlue, Mesa, Regional Airlines, Republic Air, SkyWest, Southwest Airlines, Spirit, Sun Country, Trans States, United Airlines

As of the 2Q18, here is where we stood with the US airline industry in-service fleet. The top four airlines accounted...

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