How US airlines and airports waste your time
Flying in the US is back to the bad old days. Take a look at this table—the 2024 numbers are through February. After the pandemic, arrivals are later than ever. Look at all that red! If we look at the…
Category Airlines
Saudia Group’s huge Airbus order focuses on A321
Saudia Group signed a firm order for an additional 105 A320neo Family aircraft, comprising 12 A320neo and 93 A321neo aircraft. This increases Saudia Group’s Airbus aircraft order backlog to 144 A320neo family aircraft. The agreement was announced at the Future…
Ryanair posts best ever annual results
Ryanair announced its best-ever annual results, with passenger and revenue growth offset by higher operating costs. However, Europe’s biggest airline by passenger volume guided to softer pricing for the current quarter. Ryanair reported €1.92bln net profit for FY24, up from…
AeroSHARK successfully rolled out to SWISS 777 fleet
PR: Over the past 18 months, SWISS has equipped its Boeing 777-300ER fleet with sharkskin technology from Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The AeroSHARK surface film mimics a sharkskin’s flow-optimizing characteristics. Applied to the fuselage and engine nacelles, it reduces drag…
The great United Airlines Australian capacity dump of 2023 and 2024
We are delighted to announce our collaboration with AnalyticFlying.com, an Australian-based website. We will share content going forward. Here is our first post from their site. The recovery of international air travel to and from Australia since the COVID-19 pandemic…
Bid data updates
The DoT updated several databases this week, and we have been busy updating our models. Subscribers, please check the library as we continue with these updates. We have also added to our public data model page . Readers are welcome…