Getting a periodic snapshot of the year is helpful for those of us who track the commercial aviation industry closely. If you read the PR, everything is great and bound to improve. That’s when a look at the data becomes…
Croatia Airlines has taken delivery of its first A220 aircraft, an A220-300 model. The carrier is renewing its fleet to the latest generation of aircraft, and has placed orders for 15 A220 aircraft, 13 -300 models and 2 -100 models.…
Airlines and lessors are frustrated by slow delivery rates on their ordered aircraft. We previously wrote a note discussing the recovering supply chain . As the year progressed, the supply chain appeared more stressed than we had thought. There is…
Airbus announced its 2024 delivery guidance update ; our delivery data signaled this was coming. The rolling average guides to a lower July as well. For context, here is the same data for Boeing. Whereas the Airbus trend is softening,…
Airbus today formally reduced its earnings and aircraft-delivery goals for the year due to continuing supply-chain issues. Delivery forecasts were cut from 800 to 770 aircraft this year. CEO Guillaume Faury indicated that the supply-chain situation was not getting better,…
Air Lingus may defer the delivery of the first A321XLR from Airbus and potentially lose launch customer status. A labor dispute with pilots threatened a deadline that the carrier faced in confirming the delivery with Airbus. Aer Lingus needed to…