The US airline industry continues to experiment, under severe (and mounting) pressure to find the optimal/least painful network deployment. We updated our models through the month-end and discovered that an under-reported factor bears consideration. Before the pandemic plunge, several smaller…
Another model update and tweak. In our Public Data Models , we have one titled Activity Tracker Model. Once you open the model please take a look at page 2. Here we list the Top 50 busiest passenger aircraft in…
As we dig deeper into the US airline operations in 2020 we have another model to share with readers. What we have here is a track of flights from January 1, 2020, through July 23, 2020. We expect to update…
It increasingly clear that this pandemic provides US airlines with a great opportunity to rationalize fleets that had grown organically based on the near ending demand growth. Older aircraft were retired after they were really old – especially at Delta.…
American Airlines has recorded a $-2.067 billion net loss or a $-2.659 billion pre-tax loss in Q2, it announced on July 23. The HY1-loss mounted to $-4.308 billion net and $-5.549 billion pre-tax. While its competitor United used to describe…
COVID has done weird things to airlines and air travel the world over. None of it good. But there has been a steady stream of questions – essentially, how are the airlines coping and what are they doing to try…