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787 Operations; 2014 through September
[UPDATE – images of VT-ANI recent state] As the 787 starts to settle into operations it is a good idea to get a handle on how it is operating. Judging from the news reports, one is sometimes left with the…
Do Orders through September Portend a Change in Competitive Balance Between Airbus and Boeing?
Data summarizing aircraft orders are in for the first 9 months of 2014, and show interesting results, as shown in the table below. Unfortunately, Boeing does not break out orders among the three variants of the 737MAX, making it more difficult to…
PREMIUM #139: COMPETITION AT THE HIGH END OF THE NARROW-BODY MARKET
Premium #138 – WILL ALLIANCES TAKE THE NEXT STEP – OR WILL THE ETIHAD MODEL PROVE MORE PRODUCTIVE?
Turkish Airlines selection process of the right aircraft for the right route
At the ISTAT conference in Istanbul, Turkish Airlines CEO Dr. Temel Kotil shared an interesting view on how the airline selects an aircraft for a certain route: For to 4-5 hour segments, a single aisle aircraft has a lower cost…