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…
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…
Airbus celebrates three program milestones. It announced new developments today on the A321XLR in France as well as on the A220 in China and Canada. Assembly of the nose and forward fuselage of the first A321XLR will commence soon at the…
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…
Five stakeholders in Hamburg will start a two-year trial to design and test maintenance and ground processes for handling hydrogen technology at airports, they have announced on July 7. The test includes a decommissioned ex-Lufthansa Airbus A320ceo that will be…
News this week from our friends at TAC about Delta Air Lines scouring the market for A350s got us thinking – where are these aircraft? Delta has a history of not rushing into new aircraft and, consequently has been able…