The mainstay of the 100-150 seat market in the US has been the A319 and 737-700. Each of these types is beginning to age. We examined maintenance costs for both types and found that as a percentage of total…
[UPDATE] Wouldn’t you know it? After this story was published the DOT updated its Form 41. Here are the latest numbers through 2Q19. Fuel burn was 54.6% of US fleet operating costs overall A319 fuel burn costs/seat/hour $13.60 – 55.5%…
This morning we woke to an overnight oil price spike. While politicians politic and primp for the cameras, the rest of us will try to figure out what this means and what might happen next. Here’s some data to help…
As the catchall for so much traffic, the Port Authority’s airports play a big role in the US air travel system. Hiccups in the New York area soon trickle across the US and even impact overseas markets. As we have…
The US DoT’s On-Time database is a great place to mine for information on how effective airlines are at managing their business. After all, the core of what airline’s sell is their schedule. Airlines require customers pay 100 cents on…