As of the end of 1Q16 there were 1,660 active commercial aircraft in the Middle East. Of these 270 or 16.3% were based in Iran. Iran had a total of 324 (active plus inactive) commercial aircraft listed, but many are…
The current backlog for aircraft is well known. There are some, AirInsight included, who believe that there is an emerging bubble in the single aisle market. The OEMs argue strongly that this is not the case, and that the large…
Air travel is a very safe mode of travel, with few accidents and a trend line that points to increasing safety year by year. The following chart shows worldwide airline fatalities per million passengers from 1976 through 2014. The trend…
Many in the west have pooh-poohed Russian aviation, despite the Sukhoi Superjet being a credible competitor, doing well with Mexico’s Interjet and now in service with Dublin-based CityJet. We suggest people do not under-estimate the MS-21, which may turn out…