The Covid-pandemic that currently rules the airline industry will result in reduced demand for commercial airliners up to 150 seats in the next ten years. A new market cycle will force airlines to focus on versatility, operating efficiency, and profitability,…
Rodger discusses the reality of the market, without SAA and a state airline to compete with. Also the opportunities this provides and the challenges that exist. Views: 27
Last month, we talked about Africa offering a strong opportunity for the turboprop market . Now, we’ll do the same analysis for the Latin American region. As we can see in the following table, the turboprop commercial fleet is less…
There are two sources for regional jets from Western sources. Embraer and, until recently, Mitsubishi. The latter has shrunk away from the market. Now what? Mitsubishi The Mitsubishi SpaceJet program has been plagued with upsets from the start. It has…
Airlines are juggling fleets to optimize for a slow traffic recovery. This is a challenge the industry has never had to face before. 9/11 was a short term adjustment because travel demand was still there. Now travel demand has dropped…
What patterns do we find among the US airlines as they try to recover and stabilize their schedules in the midst of uncertain traffic flows? Here’s what we find among the major US airlines for single-aisle aircraft, through September YTD. …