Airbus has met its target of delivering 600 aircraft in 2021. According to unaudited numbers compiled by AirInsight, the airframer has delivered 610 airliners to lessors and airlines. This compares to 566 for 2020. We don’t have a conclusive figure…
Japanese-owned but California-based lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has placed a last-minute 2021 order with Airbus for forty A320neo-family aircraft. This includes five A321XLRs. It also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for twenty A220s, both ACG and Airbus announced on December 30.…
Who had the best passenger recovery in 2021? Mexico! And we can prove it. According to stats provided by the Mexican Communications, Infrastructure, and Transportation Secretariat (SICT), in November 2021, Mexico recovered 95% of its pre-pandemic traffic numbers, which is…
Let’s reflect on 2021 with a selection of pictures to highlight events of another difficult year for aviation. The year was largely dominated (again) by the pandemic, resulting in numerous travel restrictions and border closures. Domestic air travel in Russia…
We undertook a 2021 Review and 2022 Outlook with Richard Aboulafia and Brian Foley.Â
Welcome to Morning Call for 24 December 2021, and the Top Aviation News Stories for today.  You can also search our archives for older news stories by date.  Morning Call’s normal publication will be suspended until 3 January 2022 for…