The Long Goodbye (part 2)
This is a continuation of our recent story on the demise of the 747. There have a spate of stories recently about the 747s future. Most of these stories talk about the lower costs of the Super Twins and how…
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Alaska Airlines Retrofitting 737 With Split Winglet
Alaska Airlines is deploying the new split winglet on its Boeing 737NGs. It is expect these will reduce fuel consumption by 58,000 gallons a year per aircraft. The split winglet will save the airline $20 million and cut carbon dioxide…
Will he or won’t he?
Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker is at it again, challenging an OEM. In June at the Paris air show he was gung ho for the 777x; “We would definitely want to be the launch customer”. Mr Al Baker said…
2012 Newsletter
We have noted a good response to our newsletter download. Some of you may have an interest in a paper version, so we created one for you to download. There is a small charge for the paper version. You can…
CSeries to Iraqi Airways?
Several press reports today cited Iraqi government approval for an order for five CS300 aircraft, with options for five more, presumably for Iraqi Airways. Iraqi Airways already has an order for CRJ900s from Bombardier, and will likely switch to CSeries…
Norwegian’s results
The company reports a third quarter pre-tax profit of 604 MNOK ($102.6m). This result was significantly affected by additional operating costs associated with wet-leasing replacement aircraft (A340) on long-haul routes. In addition summer bookings were lower this quarter due to…