Daily Insight: Friday 26 April 2019: Take Aways from Southwest’s Earnings Call
Category Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines pilots and the MAX
The item behind this post comes from here. The key item to focus on: “Closer to home, the advantages and disadvantages of an airline having a single fleet and having aircraft from only one manufacturer are already being discussed in…
Daily Insight: Friday 21 March 2019: Safety Options and the MAX
US airline market concentration at 3Y18
Consolidation among US airlines has seen a sharp rise in the market power of a few very big companies. Looking only at the 3Y18 numbers we see the following. The big three account for over 60% of the market. Adding…
US airline industry fleet concentration
As of the 2Q18, here is where we stood with the US airline industry in-service fleet. The top four airlines accounted for 79% of the fleet. That is concentrated and clearly points to industry followers needing to be au fait…
Is Boeing 737 MAX8 seating getting tighter?
There have been several stories about the tight bathrooms on the new MAX8. This is not the only thing about the MAX8 that travelers might want to consider. Look at this seating table, which compares the active MAX8 fleet as…