“Scope Clauses” are collectively bargained contractual terms in pilot union agreements with US major carriers that place restrictions on how many and what size of aircraft regional airlines may operate. Typically, these restrict regionals to aircraft under 86,000 pounds and…
Last week Boeing announced more than 4,000 layoffs at a time that it is generating record orders, has turned around the 787 program, and return on equity is rebounding, as shown in the table below: Views: 14
We had the opportunity to ask three questions to Seeker Aircraft VP of Marketing Michelle Martinez. The transcript of our interview follows: AirInsight: Seeker just announced manufacturing of its surveillance aircraft in the United States. Can you tell us a bit about…
Seeker Aircraft has announced that its single-engine purpose-designed surveillance aircraft will be built in North America by Erickson in Oregon, in addition to the factory in Australia, where the aircraft was first developed. The Seeker SB7L-360A and A2 models are…
E-taxi pioneers Wheeltug just released research (ground operations summary 31 Mar 2016) it undertook monitoring airport operations. The case for adding e-taxi capabilities to aircraft has tended to focus on saving fuel burn. But fuel burn is no longer such…
Perhaps no sector in the US aviation market has undergone as dramatic change as the regional airline sector. If we examine what US regional airlines looked like it 1990 and compare them with what they look like today, the difference…