Erik Venter is CEO of South Africa-based Comair. Mr Venter speaks with us about his airline and the challenges it faces, as well as the opportunities, of operating in South Africa. Comair has been operating profitably for over 60…
Airbus and Boeing claim demand and record backlogs thousands of A320s and 737s requires them to boost production rates to record levels. There’s little doubt that this is true. But while the two OEMs also claim that there is no…
There is good news and bad news in Allegiant Air’s selection of the Airbus A319 for Airbus. On the positive side, Allegiant becomes a new Airbus customer using the A319 in an ultra- low cost business model, which is positive. …
Huge backlogs have been a public concern for Airbus and Boeing for a year or two, with focus on the inability to offer early delivery positions. The companies are sold out on their current A320 and 737 lines until 2016-17.…
With the formal announcement that Airbus will open a final assembly plant in Mobile, it will soon be assembling narrow-body planes on three continents, adding capacity that will enable the company to out-produce Boeing and cement its market leadership position.…
Note: the following was written shortly before Southwest announced deferral of 30 737-800s by four years to save $1bn in capital expenditures. Half of the deferrals are now scheduled for 2017 and half for the following year. The assumption is…