US air travel trends
There’s been some chatter about whether the US is about to see a pullback on the number of flights. Does the data support this? This chart lists the number of flights by US airlines since the pandemic. The curves show…
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MoM Metric model updated
Arguably, your correspondent’s favorite subject is the middle of the market. Some “data reporting anomalies” have been examined and revised. We will be digging into that soon enough. Meanwhile, here’s our updated MoM Metrics Model. Despite American parking its 767-300ERs,…
Alaska Airlines flight attendants a bellwether?
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Alaska Airlines invests in blended-wing body aircraft
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Alaska Airlines reports mixed second quarter results
Alaska Air Group, Inc. reported its second-quarter results yesterday. The company had a difficult first quarter after the door panel blowout on a 737 MAX 9 aircraft in January but has recovered during the second quarter, albeit with mixed results.…
Tracking US airlines’ domestic operations
We get lots of questions about the US airline industry’s performance. Here’s a model that summarises the performance of the US airlines (excluding regional brands). The model uses the DoT’s T2 dataset and essentially a snapshot at the end of…