In the wake of the recent Germanwings 9525 crash of an Airbus A320 in France, which prosecutors have attributed to a suicidal pilot intentionally bringing down the aircraft, the German Air Traffic Controllers union is calling for the installation of…
When most analysts think about the airline business, they almost immediately move to the price of fuel, its highest cost element. Fuel prices have plummeted over the past year. There is no oil shortage and the airlines have exploited the…
Over the past ten days we conducted a survey among a group of industry professionals, who we believe to be credible sources of insight, regarding the 111-140 seats segment of the commercial aircraft market. Survey invitees comprise a group that…
Recently Aviation Week had a very interesting story about an aircraft design being tested along with a revolutionary engine concept. Take a look here. We found this idea intriguing and managed to get a few moments with Pratt & Whitney’s…
Pratt & Whitney and IBM have joined forces to advance the state of the art in Big Data and the Internet of Things by tackling issues posed by engine health monitoring data head on. New technologies, both in engine sensors…
There is a lot of talk about how the market for commercial airlines has and continues to change. But to date, we have not seen analytical data that shows by just how much the market has changed over the last…