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June 2021 Transactions

Here’s our updated model.  If you thought the only clue about a travel recovery was the rising traffic numbers, take a look at page two of the model.  The industry is grabbing aircraft from everywhere.  Since our readership is B2B,…

Which is the quietest aircraft?

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As the commercial aviation industry increasingly embraces “green” issues including, for example, SAF, it is useful to consider another feature that is much more noticeable to people – noise. So which is the quietest aircraft? The latest generation of aircraft,…

Africa’s inter-regional traffic still underdeveloped

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The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent.  Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was intra-African. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and…

Guess who’s 30 years old today?

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Guess who’s 30 years old today? May 14, 1991, was the first flight of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ).  Here’s the Press Release from that memorable day. The PR notes: “The Canadair Regional Jet is the world’s only twin-engined jetliner…

Nigeria gets national airline “preferred partner”

The Nigerian Federal Government is moving fast with the establishment of the much-awaited national carrier. The government selected “a preferred partner”, and they are in the final stage of the Full Business Scale (FBS). The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika…