United Airlines targets D.C.-Cape Town non-stop service
United Airlines targets D.C.-Cape Town non-stop service
Tag 787-9
US airlines and the wide-body cost challenge
As US airlines race to prepare for returning traffic, there is a scramble for capacity. It is the nature of this business that one has to always have extra capacity to deploy quickly. When an opportunity appears, first-mover advantage is…
United’s widebody fleet evolves
Today’s big industry news is about United’s single-aisle order. The selection of models will be the cause of much chatter and discussion. Big orders are signals of how an airline views the future. The most important item from this order…
The 787-10 revisited
In February 2017 we took a look a the 787-10 and it’s natural competitors. We remain of the view that the 787-10 is a highly attractive aircraft with great operating economics promise. In 2017 we saw a “sizable market”, but…
Korean Air orders 30 Dreamliners, 20 from Boeing and 10 from Air Lease
Korean Air announced plans to order 10 787-9 and 10 787-10 aircraft from Boeing at the Paris Air show, and will lease an additional 10 787-10 aircraft from AirLease corporation. This represents 20 new orders for Boeing, valued at $6.3…
Air New Zealand’s New York ambition
The recent Air New Zealand order for eight 787s had two twists that caught our attention. The first was the selection of GE to power these aircraft. The airline is like British Airways, Qantas and Cathay Pacific – they traditionally…