United’s Fleet “Problem”
At the recent IATA AGM, United’s COO Andrew Nocella shared a concern with Flight Global. Essentially United needs to replace two types by the end of the decade – the 757-300 and the 50-seat RJ. The concern expressed is not…
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Boeing Discussion and Near-Term Narrowbody Strategy
Background Our team discussion and near-term narrowbody strategy focusing on Boeing ’s next moves. Ernie Arvai, President of AIG characterizes Boeing’s position as such “Boeing is in a precarious position in the narrow-body market. Airbus now has a 60/40 market…
Podcast – The “Goldilocks” A321LR
We saw this story early yesterday and it was good reading. But when we got to this part: “For many airlines, the A321LR is a ‘Goldilocks’ aircraft that is neither too big nor too small for many destinations, especially point-to-point”…
Daily Insight: Thursday 21 February 2019: A321XLR Reported to be Gaining Orders
News Airbus is apparently penciling in orders for a new model, the A321XLR. Reuters reports that Airbus has been offering a new longer-range variant of the A321 to potential customers to capture the market intended by Boeing’s NMA, for which…