Congo Bush Pilots
From The Discovery Channel – amazing flying in trying conditions. Views: 31
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Premium #148 – 787 Fuel burn performance and the limitations of public data
There is much good to be discovered in the US DoT’s Form 41 data. But it is important to understand the limits of this source. As an example we are going to take a look at the data this source…
Two non-competitve orders
To start off the week we have two announcements; Ryanair/Boeing and Azul Both were non-competitive orders. What make of them? Views: 37
Frontier’s A321 order
Frontier Airlines placed a firm order with Airbus for nine A321-200s, its first such order of the larger model. The airline currently operates a fleet of 35 A319-100s and 20 A320-200s. The order brings Frontier’s Airbus order backlog to 89…
Unhappy with your airline?
So you find the seat uncomfortable? Missing that warm airline meal? Consider yourself lucky, because some passengers suffer far greater indignities. Take a look at this – A TU-134 from UTAir in Krasnoyarsk Russia got stuck in ice today. Passengers…
Premium #147 – A closer look at the impact of last week’s aircraft orders
There were two large aircraft orders last week, one for 50 aircraft at Delta and another for 10 aircraft at Kuwait Airlines. Their economics, implications, and contribution to the bottom line of the aircraft OEM, however, appear to be quite…