News First quarter orders for new aircraft have not been robust in 2019. Boeing, amidst the problems with the MAX, has seen orders for that aircraft dry up, as has Airbus. Gross orders for 2019 are lower than 2018, dropping…
The GAMA data for 2018 is in, and deliveries for last year by model had some surprising results. The best seller is, surprisingly, a super mid-sized jet, with the second, third and fourth best sellers all in the light jet…
Last week attendees at the Air Finance Journal event in Dublin heard industry legend John Leahy say the top item to watch is deliveries, not orders. After all, it is deliveries that are real. Orders are planned events and these…
Several media and analysts are digging through the Airbus and Boeing data trying to find nuggets that might give a unique view of the 2018 orders and deliveries. We prefer to examine results over time and develop insights from discernable…
Yesterday we took a look at how Airbus might reach its 2018 target of ~800 aircraft. Today we look at Boeing’s 2018 target of “810-815” aircraft. The chart shows how Boeing has managed to increase its delivery rate over the…
GAMA released its third-quarter statistics for 2018, and the General Aviation segment increased its billings to $4,134,953,455 in the third quarter, up only 0.83% from 2017. The variability in the mix, when compared to 2017, was significant, with 286 piston…