Despite the recent softening of traffic volumes, the industry is, overall recovering. As always, we have data to illustrate this. The chart above is through June and that is a quarter ago – but US DoT runs that late. The…
Alaska Airlines buying mood continues, with the airline converting options for another twelve Boeing MAX 9s. Alaska says it accelerates its fleet growth and sees the purchase as a “prudent, long-term investment in our business.” Alaska continues buying more MAX…
SkyWest Airlines’ latest order for sixteen Embraer E175s for Delta Airlines confirms its plans for growth, fleet renewal, and long-term codeshare agreements with most of the US’ leading carriers. The announcement on August 9 comes on the back of other…
Alaska Airlines thinks it has turned the corner on the effects of the Covid-crisis, having produced positive cash flow and a profit for Q2. More importantly, forward bookings for the current third quarter already stand at 85 percent compared to…
UPDATE – The quest for more sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in North America has received a boost this week. On July 14, Boeing announced a partnership with SkyNRG Americas on scaling up the availability and use of SAFs on a…
Boeing provided an update on their ecoDemonstrator program. The program started in 2012 using an American Airline 737-800. Since then they have utilized several other models: 2014 was the 787, 2015 was the 757; 2016 an Embraer E-170; 2018 used…