Air Canada retires 79 ‘oldies’ to cut costs
Air Canada is to reduce its fleet by 79 aircraft as it seeks to cap costs and improve its financial position, the airline announced on May 4. This follows on a net loss of $1.049 billion in Q1, down from…
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Parked aircraft and Power-By-The-Hour contracts
Typically the airlines don’t pay much for their engines using “Power-By-Hour” contracts instead. From industry sources, we understand more than half the airlines utilize these contracts. On the lower side, we might see GE and CFM in high-sixties percent and…
Air Canada Launches A220 Service
AirInsight is in Montreal for the Air Canada event celebrating the entry into service of the Airbus A220 (nee Bombardier CSeries.) Prior to the event, we were able to interview several individuals, whose videos follow. First up is Captain Tompkins,…
A350-1000 goes up to 480 seats
With the A380 about to leave the stage by late 2021, Airbus has got itself a new high-capacity seat airliner. On November 27, the A350-1000 has been certified by the European Union Safety Agency (EASA) to operate with 480 seats,…
Air Canada announces another disruptive route
If there was any doubt as to the disruptive capabilities Air Canada has acquired then two route announcements should quell that. The A220 is going to disrupt US air traffic options going to Europe. Today the airline announced Montreal-Toulouse. Throw…
A220 opens up new world to Air Canada
Delivery of the first aircraft is still a few months away, but Air Canada on August 14 gave a little sneak preview of what to expect when it operates its Airbus A220-300 fleet from Spring 2020. The airline announced that…