This recent Bloomberg story has set tongues wagging. Hawaiian Airlines is apparently interested the A380? Seriously? Let’s look at why this might be the case and some of the factors that could drive a decision in that direction. Can a…
Last week, Boeing’s Marketing VP Randy Tinseth said that Boeing expects China to become a market worth a trillion dollars as it requires 6,810 aircraft over the next 20 years. Driving this breath taking number is the expectation that passenger…
Two weeks ago your correspondent experienced a second significant operational delay within a year because of a technical aircraft problem. Same airline, similar aircraft, same EU departure airport. The first time was annoying; the aircraft had to have an engine…
Orders for both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft have slowed dramatically in 2016 after several years of record orders for the industry. Global economic growth is waning, and carriers have begun to push delivery dates backwards or cancel order for aircraft…
The airline industry seems to be pushing for ever more bandwidth on their aircraft. An early pioneer in this is Lufthansa which was among the first airlines to sign up for Boeing Connexion. Even after that program was abandoned, Lufthansa…
Airbus and Boeing are planning new narrow-body aircraft in the 2025-2030 time-frame, when new technologies could provide the substantial advantage over today’s aircraft. New engine technologies have enabled re-engining of existing programs, which need at least 10 years of production…