In the end, aircraft deliveries are a more important metric than orders. Customers sometimes order a cheaper, smaller model, especially in the single-aisle market, and then upsize when the aircraft is ready to build. The single-aisle market carries (by far)…
Conversation with Jeff Knittel, Chairman & CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. Views: 17
Air Canada is not ruling out it has to make deeper cuts in its network and canceling new aircraft orders, including that for the home-built Airbus A220s, as the Covid-crisis continues. Due to strict travel restrictions the airline has been…
News: After 9-11, it took six years for airline traffic to fully return. With the coronavirus having a deep impact worldwide, airlines will be looking carefully at the mix of aircraft in their fleets. As they look forward expecting lower…
When we published a table that showed Delta’s A220 was struggling over 2019 there was quite a reaction. The DoT just released the January data and there has been a sharp improvement with Delta’s A220s. The following table shows the…
With Boeing and Airbus continuing to aggressively price their narrow-body models, despite being a duopoly, pricing pressures are also impacting the A220 (nee C Series) as it competes at the lower end of the narrowbody market. While the A220-300 is…