Alitalia fleet
Pity the traveler with a ticket on Alitalia. Pity, even more, the firm that is doing business with the airline. CNBC has a good summary of the airline’s financial woes. What happens if the airline is shut down? At present…
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That bubble keeps building
The huge backlogs Airbus and Boeing have for single aisle aircraft are well known. Both firms have backlogs of about seven years at current production levels. Both firms are talking about and planning to increase their production rates to bring…
CIT on the Twin Aisle Evolution
On last day of February, CIT produced a n interesting report titled: “The Twin Aisle Evolution”. Today we got to speak with one of the report’s authors about it. Views: 38
Steve Mason CIT at ISTAT Prague 2015
Talking with CIT’s VP Aircraft Evaluation & Strategy Steve Mason, about the impact of fuel on the aviation market, the importance of flexibility for customers of the middle of the market aircraft and the C Series. Views: 36
Premium #180 – Skymark and the Intrepid/Delta Plan
Japan’s Skymark Airlines declared bankruptcy in January. This was not a surprise as many thought the company’s ambitions were unrealistic. When it folded, the airline had large debts to both Intrepid Aviation and Airbus. Skymark filed for bankruptcy protection because…
BOC Aviation – Bucking Lessor Trends in Engine Selection?
On March 13th, Bank of China Aviation made an announcement that it had selected IAE V2500 engines for an order for 12 A320s. We decided to look into this engine selection and evaluated this growing lessors A320 family engine selection…