Singapore Airlines and Tata Group, the Indian conglomerate, have agreed on a joint venture for a full service carrier in India, to be owned 51% by Tata Group and 49% by Singapore Airlines. Initial funding of the joint venture will be…
Many readers know we have a weekly newsletter. Recently we were asked if it would be possible to put these into a book form. So we took those from 2012 and created a PDF booklet. You can download the document…
We know prices are rising now, but we think this is a temporary condition due to unrest in Middle East. If speculators step in, prices can spike even further. But in the long term we think the trend will be…
The British Aircraft Accident Investigation Board issued its preliminary findings (S5-2013 ET-AOP) on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 fire at London Heathrow airport, and cites the Honeywell Emergency Locator Transmitter as the likely cause. The report indicates that the most…
It seems that the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is following the path set by the Douglas DC-9. That is to say, it is an airplane that keeps on going. The latest version of this airplane is finding a new life as…
Boeing provided a briefing on the 787 battery solution, which includes a new charger for the revised battery with additional spacing and shielding, and the new case and venting system that has been nicknamed the “fireplace and chimney” by some…