Recently, we had news about Iran acquiring five 777s. It was the usual suspicious methods and trial of airplanes going all over and then disappearing from the ADS-B feeds. Something does jump out, though. Rolls-Royce The Iranian 777s come with…
Early this morning, the White House released the following statement. For our readers, the key items are these: Japan committed to purchase U.S.-made commercial aircraft, including an agreement to buy 100 Boeing aircraft; Additional billions of dollars annually of purchases…
Iran and its airlines continue to circumvent sanctions, with Mahan Air becoming the latest carrier to ‘refresh’ its fleet with new – but used – aircraft. The Iranian airline acquired five ex-Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200ERs, some of which had been…
This is a story that aims to demonstrate why state ownership of an airline is (there are few exceptions) a mistake. It also plans to explain why “right sizing” is the best approach for fleet planning (again, there are exceptions).…