Airbus Pricing
Airbus announced their 2016 pricing and they added a 1.1% increase across the line. So what does this look like? After all, no customer pays retail. Since each customer deal will see prices vary by many factors, we will stick…
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Etihad wins appeal
A German appeals court allowed Etihad to operate most of its code-share flights with Air Berlin for the winter schedule ending in March. The court said Etihad and Air Berlin should be allowed to continue code sharing on 26 international…
2015 EFB Survey Report
Our fourth annual EFB survey report will be available from Monday January 18. The 34 page report (PDF) includes six sections (Airline Operations, Connectivity, Business Case Drivers, Future Planning, Cyber Security, Tablet EFBs) with 46 charts and a foreword by…
Low Oil Prices and the Middle East Three
Reports that oil is falling through the $30 threshold and may even fall to $20 per barrel does not bode well for Middle Eastern economies. The situation in Saudi Arabia is so tenuous that the Kingdom is considering an IPO…
The A350 program is expecting a welcome order
Its been some time coming. Looking at Airbus’ order data, it was 2014 when they last won an A350 order (-900) and 2013 for an A350-1000 order. So a forthcoming announcement from Virgin Atlantic will be most welcome – its…
Oil – Demand and Supply
We are currently seeing oil prices fall as the world seems awash in oil. By any reasonable view, supply exceeds demand. How true is this? The International Energy Agency estimates global demand for crude at 96 million barrels of oil…