Planning to fly this summer?
The data we are sharing is based on the US market using the US DoT On-Time data. But we think the guidance offered will apply just about anywhere. When you travel by air your concern is less about when your…
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American Adds 50 A321XLR
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, converting 30 existing A321neo orders and adding 20 additional orders. As the world’s largest airline and largest Airbus operator, this order brings the total to 422 Airbus aircraft, 115 of which are…
Losing WOW Air won’t help Icelandair in the US Market
What has been the impact of losing WOW for Icelandair? Not too much news about it, though Bloomberg had a very insightful story. The impact has been significant, and perhaps more serious than has been considered. The news about Icelandair…
The CRJ550 – context considering the possible Mitsubishi acquisition
US Airline On-Time Model
We have just published our largest data visualization to date. From 2017 through February 2019, our model processes over 8.5 million flights among US airlines. The model has three pages listing on-time performance by aircraft type, OEM, and airline. The…
Cracks in the MAX backlog?
It was going to happen, as the airline industry starts to sense a slowdown. The order splurge of the past few years was unprecedented. Between them, Airbus and Boeing are sitting on a seven-year backlog in single-aisle aircraft. But because…