With OEM facing unstable supply chains and big airline customers pushing for deliveries, is there any pattern in the data that suggests priorities? What are airlines and OEMs focusing on? Looking at the US airlines, we see the following. Through…
Iceland is a niche market and is suffering from negative volcanic news. Yet the nation’s flag carrier is talking up its prospects. The chart reflects the island’s traffic and movement data produced by ISAVIA. As expected, Iceland is a seasonal…
As we reported earlier, Icelandair finalized an order for thirteen Airbus A321XLRs . The order makes Icelandair a new Airbus customer. The airline is also planning to lease four A321LRs. This news is of another former 757 customer moving to…
Icelandair and their A321 decision
Icelandair has finally made up its mind and has decided to replace the Boeing 757 with the Airbus A321XLR. Although it might have been a no-brainer to many, the airline took a few years to determine whether the A320neo family…
An Airbus A321XLR update