American was once the home of more MD80s than any other airline—over 300 at its peak. In 2011, the airline threw its fleet cat among the pigeons. At the time, this was a gargantuan order not seen before. The requirement…
News has just emerged that Alaska Airlines group struck a deal with Hawaiian at $18/share, worth about $1.9Bn. This will push Alaska Airlines into the fifth largest airline in US service with 365 aircraft. You can read about the Alaska…
Yesterday’s news about a joint venture between Canada’s Air Transat and Porter Airlines percolated overnight. The idea they put forward looks smarter the more we think about it. The strength, as we see it, is their combined fleet capabilities. Neither…
Growth of the global fleet of new aircraft as well as continued demand for maintenance of in-service aircraft will almost double the commercial aircraft services market to $210 billion over the next two decades. If training of pilots and maintenance…
Various specialized and social media have reported on two new versions of the C919 that Chinese airframer COMAC unveiled at two separate events earlier this month. COMAC intends to grow the C919 family to include a stretched and shortened version. Are…
We are delighted to announce our new monthly Fleet Delivery Report The report reviews monthly new aircraft deliveries. This project is a collaboration with Zurich-based aeroTELEGRAPH. While the report focuses on new deliveries, we link to our monthly transactions data…