Two senators wrote to Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines and chairman of the Air Transport Association. The letter addresses the ticket taxes which airlines are still collecting even though the partial shutdown means the government is not collecting…
Airbus just announced an order from International Airlines Group (IAG). This firm order of eight A330s for Iberia’s fleet follows the preliminary MoU signed earlier this year. General Electric (GE CF6-80E1) engines have been selected as well. It appears the…
A three way call with Ken Herbert from Wedbush Securities, Jon Ostrower from Flight Global and Michel Merluzeau at G2Solutions. The consensus was surprising – we did not select these people because of their similar views, yet that is how…
Winglets were first identified in 1952 to achieve better fuel burn. But they were not adopted until much later. It took Airbus a long time to follow Boeing’s lead on deploying them, as you can see. There may be good…
With all of the attention to the new aircraft order for American, the decision to divest American Eagle is flying under the radar today. Look for an IPO for American Eagle later this year, with the intention to expand the…
American Airlines did a brave thing today with its amr-aircraft from Airbus (260+365) and Boeing (200+100). If you are a fleet planner at United, Delta or Southwest, your stomach just took a very unpleasant turn. The US domestic fleet (except…