Most airline delays occur on the ground. Ground operations have long been static because the fundamentals of aircraft pushback and taxiing have not changed much. Nevertheless, there seem to be some real opportunities to save time, especially by reducing a…
There has been a steady flow of news about A320neo program delivery delays. So far, these have all been directed at the P&W GTF engine. P&W has explained to us that the issue is minor and a fix is being…
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Yesterday the aviation world was aflutter over the United Airlines selection of the 737-700. And it was with good reason, as our chart showed, the -700 is ex-growth. Market interest is minimal. Then more news emerged about the -700 that,…
Yesterday Boeing released their 2015 O&D numbers. Let’s look at the numbers. First a chart to show the scale of O&D changes between 2014 and 2015. We excluded the BBJ numbers from the chart but have them in the tables…
Boeing is having an excellent December. On Monday Boeing announced an agreement with China Postal Airlines for 10 737NGs as Boeing Converted Freighters, pending program launch. Yesterday Delta announced it will acquire 20 737-900ERs. The airline will also take 20…