Long ago, in 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke about building a UAV delivery system. While we wait to see that happen, Amazon has started building serious air cargo capacity. Currently, Amazon Prime Air has 30 767-300Fs. The fleet plan…
The results are grim. Etihad reported a loss of $1.9bn. Emirates announced its first decline in profits in five years. And Qatar is besieged and indications are to expect it to report 30% lower revenues because of the neighboring countries…
Recently bankrupted Niki has been bought by the IAG Group for €20m. IAG plans to run NIKI as a subsidiary of its Spanish LCC Vueling. Reports are that 740 NIKI staff will be moved to the new company. In addition,…
The RAA provided its RAA Annual Report 2017 today. Here a few highlights from their statistics. Looking at these charts, how strong an argument can you make for a new generation regional jet in the US market? We don’t…
Take a look at this story. A quick read, it explains why there is no long line of investors waiting to take the airline private. The government does not want Air India to become defunct like Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by…
With the exercising of an option for 25 aircraft, Turkey’s Pegasus now has 100 neos on firm order. This comes on top of 18 A321neo and 57 A320neos already on order by the airline. Pegasus has 15 A320neos in service…