Two of aerospace industry’s perennial questions are these: at the high end – why aren’t more A380s being sold and at the other end of the spectrum, why aren’t more CSeries being sold? At the recent Airline Economics Conference in…
Boeing announced its results this week and its quarterly profit beat analyst estimates. Boeing predicts it should do well in 2015 by converting more of its order backlog into deliveries. One of the key items everyone is watching for in…
Observers have been saying for some time that single aisle aircraft buyers like to order the smallest model and then when the time comes, convert the initial order to a larger variant. We asked Boeing about this and they declined…
Last week, we saw two major aircraft order deferrals, with Philippine Airlines deferring a large order from Airbus, and then reports that Boeing is in talks with several Russian airlines regarding delivery deferrals. And we’re only in January. If this…
One of today’s best panels was titled the “Fleet Managers” and moderated by Helane Becker from Cowen & Co. On the panel were Nathaniel Pieper from Delta, Jude Bricker from Allegiant and Jose Yunda from Avianca. Mr Pieper started off…
Airbus recently reported its 2014 numbers and claims the annual order race while conceding the delivery race to Boeing. Airbus added 1,796 (1,456 net) orders from 84 customers (14 new customers) which is the company’s second best year ever. Orders…