Airlines don’t like long taxi times. They are, essentially, a waste of time and that means money. The ideal would be a world where the airplane touches down and is immediately given a gate, unloads, reloads and is back in…
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…
We have made the case before that if you want to understand where the regional jet market is going, look to the US for a guide. China may the land of promise, but it will take a long time to…
“American Airlines is a big customer. Every OEM wants their equipment flown by this airline. Losing this customer is not something that goes down easily. The considered opinions are the loss of an order for Airbus is awful (series of…
In last week’s earnings call Gogo indicated that expected service revenue for its North America Commercial Aviation segment would be flat YoY in 2018. Considering the impending loss of some 400 American Airlines aircraft from its service fleet (~15%) that’s a tough…
As the ITC reasoning behind its decision to deny Boeing’s claim is digested, the next dominos are falling. Delta’s statement is “Delta is pleased by the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ruling rejecting Boeing’s anticompetitive attempt to deny U.S. airlines and…