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Dan Wolf, CEO Cape Air

Dan Wolf talks about running a regional airline and facing the challenges of COVID in operations. He also describes how Cape Air is faring across its network. https://youtu.be/qRV6cGMhrf4

A tide change for Cape Air

Being on the small side of the airline business is tough.  This is an industry that favors volume and critical mass.  The bigger the airline the more easily it weathers the multitudinous shocks this industry has to deal with. On the small side of the business, where...

Podcast – Cape Air and the pilot shortage

We have a conversation with James Fletcher, Director of Pilot Industry Relations and Sourcing at Cape Air. The airline has novel ways to source pilots because it is a Part 135 operation. So single pilot operations are possible. But they also have the Gray Gulls...

US airline industry fleet concentration

As of the 2Q18, here is where we stood with the US airline industry in-service fleet. The top four airlines accounted for 79% of the fleet.  That is concentrated and clearly points to industry followers needing to be au fait with oligopoly economics to understand the...
A tide change for Cape Air

A tide change for Cape Air

Being on the small side of the airline business is tough.  This is an industry that favors volume and critical mass. ...