Messing with seats
US airlines have been messing with seat counts for some time. The DoT data from the T-2 dataset allows us to demonstrate this. Here’s how we get the average numbers of seats. Dividing the ASMs by the miles flown gets…
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Lufthansa to purchase 100 plus new narrow-bodies
In one of the most interesting competitions of 2019, Deutsche Lufthansa plans to acquire a triple-digit number of either Boeing 737MAX or Airbus A320neo aircraft for fleet expansion. The winner of this competition will be announced early next year. A…
Daily Insight: Wednesday 27 March 2019: What if ET302 wasn’t MCAS related?
News There has been a lot of speculation that the MCAS system, which was cited as a contributing factor to the Lion Air crash, was also a potential factor in the crash of Ethiopian 302. At this point in time,…
easyjet: turning Tegel losses around
Whatever the HY1 2019 results of easyjet will be when they are disclosed on May 17, don’t expect black numbers here from the airline’s operations at Berlin Tegel. As CEO Johan Lundgren recently told Airinsight: “We made a huge improvement…
Daily Insight: 25 March 2019: Is the Worst Over for Boeing, MAX, and the FAA?
Last week was a tumultuous week in aviation, as the investigation into the crash of ET302 led to several revelations about the 737 MAX and the process through which it was certified. Enough questions have been raised that the FBI…
Insight: the EU-Qatar agreement explained
On March 4 we reported on the signing of the new aviation agreement between the European Union and Qatar. From the European Commission press release, it was not clear what the implications of the agreement are. With some delay, Airinsight…