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Jetblue’s On-Time Performance

Airline flight operations data indicate how an airline is doing. Using a combination of US DoT sources we have been compiling models that allow this performance to be tracked. Here's what we found about Jetblue (as an example). The first table shows the average...

Jetblue considers multiple airports in London

US low-cost airline Jetblue hasn’t decided yet on which airport in London it will operate to in 2021, but doesn’t rule out flying to multiple airports there, president and Chief Operating Officer Joanna Geraghty said on September 5 at the Aviation Festival in London....

Daily Insight: Thursday 11 April 2019: The 757 Replacement

News The A321 family, and its latest version, the A321LR, are gaining orders and this aircraft has clearly become the replacement for the Boeing 757 in many markets. With trans-Atlantic range, the A321LR has become an alternative for low cost carriers to offer...

US airline market concentration at 3Y18

Consolidation among US airlines has seen a sharp rise in the market power of a few very big companies. Looking only at the 3Y18 numbers we see the following. The big three account for over 60% of the market. Adding number four takes the concentration to over 70%. The...

Jetblue considers multiple airports in London

Sep 5, 2019 | JetBlue

US low-cost airline Jetblue hasn’t decided yet on which airport in London it will operate to in 2021, but doesn’t rule...

Daily Insight: Thursday 11 April 2019: The 757 Replacement

Apr 11, 2019 | Airbus, Airbus A321, Airbus A321 Neo, Airbus A321LR, Airbus A321XLR, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, JetBlue

News The A321 family, and its latest version, the A321LR, are gaining orders and this aircraft has clearly become the...

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...

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...

Are aging fleets a problem?

May 14, 2018 | Aeroflot, Air Canada, Air China, Air France KLM, Airlines, Alaska, Allegiant, American Airlines, American Eagle, ANA, Austrian, Avianca, Azul, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern, China Southern, Delta Air Lines, El Al, Emirates, Ethiopian Air, Etihad, Iran Air, Iran Aseman, Japan Airlines, JetBlue, KLM, Latam, Lufthansa, Mahan Air, Qantas, Qatar, SA Airlink, Singapore Airlines, SkyWest, South African, Southwest Airlines, Turkish Air, Ukraine, United Airlines, Utair, WestJet

With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that...

JetBlue in the driver’s seat

Feb 28, 2018 | Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing, Bombardier, C Series, Embraer, Embraer E Jet E2, JetBlue

JetBlue finds itself at the center of an unusual situation. It appears the airline is the first to be involved in the...

Pondering the US DoC tariff on Bombardier

Oct 11, 2017 | Airbus, Alaska, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Delta Air Lines, Douglas, Embraer, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit, United Airlines

If one limits the active airline passenger fleet In the United States to between 100-150 seats, then as of 2Q17 there...

The Single Aisle Segment – some perspective

Sep 27, 2017 | Airbus, Allegiant, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, premium, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country, United Airlines

The aerospace world is still trying to get their collective heads around the 220% number from the US Department of...

Delta reaffirms CSeries commitment

Jul 14, 2017 | Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, JetBlue, United Airlines

In the quarterly earnings report yesterday, Delta's Glen Hauenstein announced the airline would base its first CS100...

The next Battle of The Atlantic

Apr 10, 2017 | Aer Lingus, Air France KLM, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Eurowings, IAG, Iceland Air, JetBlue, Level, Lufthansa, Norwegian Air, United Airlines, WOW

There was a previous battle in world war two. The next one will not be violent but looks to be as belligerent. The...

Aer Lingus eyeing A321LRs?

Feb 15, 2017 | Aer Lingus, Airbus, Airbus A321 Neo, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 757, Boeing 787, IAG, Iceland Air, JetBlue, Norwegian Air, Oneworld, Skyteam, Star Alliance

News from Bloomberg suggests that AerLingus is about to announce a decision to select the Airbus A321LR to replace its...

jetBlue and free Wi-Fi: Competing on Service

Jan 13, 2017 | Connectivity, GOGO, JetBlue, Viasat

It had to come. Who even pays for Wi-Fi anymore? Your correspondent does not on Delta, because of a very useful deal...

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