Emirates stated today that it will receive three more A380 aircraft from Airbus this year with its last unit on order scheduled to join its fleet in November, bringing forward the original delivery timeline from June 2022. In January last…
Airline schedules are by definition built far into the future, typically up to 360 days ahead. During normal times this is not that difficult. Traffic growth follows predictable patterns by season and reasonably predictable growth. Not anymore. Take a look…
The US DoT offers several interesting datasets. One that is good to dig into is the B-43 Fleet Inventory, recently updated through year-end 2020. Take a look at this model. Remember to click the double-headed arrow to maximize the viewing.…
Last Friday we had an opportunity to catch up with Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer. As the global commercial aviation industry starts to climb out from the pandemic, Mr. Scherer is a very busy man and we fortunate to get…
Here’s the updated model. Airbus had a good June with 166 orders and 297 deliveries YTD June 2021 Asia and North America have been the year’s strongest delivery markets The A321neo accounts for 64% of orders YTD which is rather…
Here’s the updated model. Remember the double-headed arrow to optimize viewing. Very few orders this month. But still includes a nice one for five A359s from Lufthansa. YTD, A321neo orders are at 1.2x A320neo. A220, A320neo, and A321neo account for…