Airlines can soon hedge their ticket price revenues with a new financial product launched by Airbus-subsidiary Skytra Ltd. The tool was unveiled on January 20 in Dublin, where this week the air financial and leasing industry gathers for the Airline…
With a recent data update from DoT and an idea from a reader, we took a look at how flight stage length, seat capacity, and fuel burn looked across the US airline fleet. The timing of this idea came up…
What is the next step after full automatic landings? Full automatic take-offs, of course. Airbus has succeeded in doing this on December 18, the company announced four weeks later on January 16. An A350-1000 test aircraft performed the first fully…
News While Boeing is totally focused on fixing the problems with the 737MAX, its major competitor, Airbus, has focused on advances in manufacturability and the facilities in which they are built. Over the long-term, this could provide a significant advantage…
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,…
Airbus confirmed earlier media reports that 2019 has been a record year on deliveries, announcing on January 10 that 863 new aircraft have been delivered over the year. This compares to 800 flat in 2018. Repeating the previous year’s trends…