Yesterday Delta took delivery of its first of 35 A330neos. Delta was the launch customer for the A330-900 and the selection of this aircraft was seen as interesting given the relationship the airline has had with Boeing. What is very…
The US is concerned about Air Italy and its 49% shareholder, Qatar Airways. It is thought that this stake allows Qatar to increase its access to the US market. US airlines don’t like competing with state-funded airlines. There are many…
Bombardier is undertaking a program review of its CRJ. Having sold off the water bomber, C Series and the Q400, the CRJ lives as something of a commercial orphan. Bombardier has now decided to compress its aerospace business further, selling…
It is interesting to see how US airlines’ traffic patterns evolve over time and the map. In our model we show the origin and destination using heat maps – from green through yellow to red. One quickly gets an idea…
Regular readers know we are building lots of data models. This next one is especially fun because it has more interactivity than the previous models we have published. This model uses T-100 Domestic Segment data and tracks passenger volume (ball…
Here is an update to our US On-Time model. Select the city on the list and the model updates immediately. For simplicity, we show the major cities. The observant will notice the strange change in numbers from 2017 (lots of…