Status Ante There is a great need for new commercial airplanes in Iran. Iranian airline safety is a critical issue and has been for some time. The following table lists the 3Y20 in-service aircraft among Iran’s airlines according to Jet…
Boeing expects Latin American airlines to buy 2,610 airplanes, valued at $365 billion, through 2039, the company said in a statement. Boeing’s outlook Single-aisle commercial models will comprise 90% of the Latin American demand. This reflects the expansion of affordable…
Freight grew in importance as passengers grew less important. The demand for PPE from overseas required US carriers to use long-range widebody aircraft to get to source markets like China. The cargo was bulky but relatively light. Several airlines took…
The mid-sized air cargo market has been dominated in recent years by the Boeing 767, whether factory-build freighters (still in production for FedEx) or converted freighters (for which Amazon Prime Air is a key growth customer). The 767-300ER has become…
Another flutter of news seems to suggest that Boeing is back at work on the NMA. This project has seen waxing and waning over several years. The industry chatterati agree on one thing – Boeing must do this project. Let’s…
In the five prior Insight reports, we’ve taken a look at Boeing’s lack of decisiveness on the NMA, the quality problems with the 787, the continuing impact of the MAX crisis, the shrinking market for the 777-X, and the problems…