Swiss CS100 readies for Paris
Some more pictures are emerging. Note the aircraft name tweak – there is now a space between C and Series. We are likely to hear more about this next Monday. Views: 23
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Delta’s fleet news
Delta announced that it is entering into a deal with Boeing for 20 E190s and 40 new 737-900ERs upon ratification of a tentative agreement covering its 12,000 pilots. The tentative pilot agreement provides enhancements to pilot compensation—including base pay increases—along…
US airline snapshot – testing the oligopoly
With the US airline industry consolidated, we would expect at least a short term discipline as the oligopoly finds its “natural” equilibrium. As we have said before over the long term, there is always going to be a breakdown because…
US gets a new gateway
In unusual news, the airline based in the Cape Verde Islands (TACV) started year round service to the United States and uses Providence, RI as its gateway. The 757 used by the airline can reach gateways with far better market…
EMBRAER’s NEW METRICS
Recently Embraer announced a set of Economic Metrics based on the concept of return on investment capital that illustrates how “right sizing” aircraft in the 70-110 seat segment can make sense for airlines. In the paragraphs that follow, we will…
Skymark, Airbus and the A380
Skymark is bankrupt and is a case study for an airline’s eyes being too big for its stomach. We were not alone in finding this airline’s order of A380s – especially six of them – to be over the top.…