Wall Street seems in a panic over the outlook for American Airlines, and the prospect that the only major US carrier that has avoided Chapter 11 restructuring in recent years may be forced into a filing due to the economic…
Delta Air Lines today announced its selection of the 737-900ER to replace its 757s. Within the US 757 fleet there are a number at American, United Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Airways that also will need replacing before long. In…
Everyone who has flown has pondered this at one time or another, especially between 4:30pm and 8pm at a hub airport. Your flight pushes back from the gate and then the plane seems to drive for hours before getting to…
Transaero disclosed a letter of intent for eight A320neo family aircraft at the MAKS Air Show in Moscow today, the first Airbus order for this Boeing customer. Engines for the aircraft have not been announced. Combined with the Qantas order,…
The reaction to American’s recent fleet order was not positive from the financial analyst community. They have valid concerns regarding the firm’s financials. But in typical fashion, MIT Researcher Bill Swelbar decided to take contrarian view and look at the…
A three way call with Ken Herbert from Wedbush Securities, Jon Ostrower from Flight Global and Michel Merluzeau at G2Solutions. The consensus was surprising – we did not select these people because of their similar views, yet that is how…