While the Chinese market for air travel is growing fast, it will be about 2030 before that market is larger than that of the United States, which remains the world’s largest travel market. The United States has excellent data on…
American Airlines was forced to ground flights for a period earlier this week when their Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) on which pilots carry instrument approach charts, navigational data, and other aircraft information, including manuals, using an Apple iPad, rather than…
The maiden flight of the A380 occurred ten years ago this week, with entry into commercial service two years later. With lower than expected sales, program has been labeled as unsuccessful by some, despite a strong and profitable operation with…
This issue is now getting a lot of attention. United just banned a passenger who is an IT cyber security expert, because the airline believes him to be a threat to their aircraft systems. We are not sure this…
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…