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…
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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
Boeing’s recent introduction of the 737MAX8-200 with an order from Ryanair is changing the dynamics of the high end of the narrow-body market. It appears that the MAX8-200 may cannibalize potential orders from the 737 MAX9, which has been a…
Premium #138 – WILL ALLIANCES TAKE THE NEXT STEP – OR WILL THE ETIHAD MODEL PROVE MORE PRODUCTIVE?
Airline alliances, including the Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam, have generated substantial benefits for their members. Those benefits, however, have primarily been on the marketing side of the business, as code-shares and connecting traffic increase revenues for alliance members, particularly…
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…
Chatting with Dr. Temel Kotil, CEO Turkish Airlines
We had a chance to speak with Turkish Airlines CEO Dr. Temel Kotil at ISTAT in Istanbul this morning after his keynote address. Views: 35