The Airbus A380 continues to be one of the aircraft types that is hit the hardest by the current crisis. With some 240 A380’s available, most have been grounded since late March. In recent days, many have been placed in…
How will we fly on an airplane when the worst of Covid-19 is over? Will we fly and under what conditions? Which load factors make sense if social distancing needs to be applied? These are some of the questions the…
Typically the airlines don’t pay much for their engines using “Power-By-Hour” contracts instead. From industry sources, we understand more than half the airlines utilize these contracts. On the lower side, we might see GE and CFM in high-sixties percent and…
Boeing gave itself a psychological boost on January 25 when the 777-9 completed what seems to have been a trouble-free first flight. It is the start of a rigorous test flight program that is expected to take 16 months until…
It’s a major change of the guards that’s about to happen at Emirates in June 2020 when Sir Tim Clark is to relinquish his position as President of the successful Middle East airline. On December 24, Emirates chairman and chief…
With the A380 about to leave the stage by late 2021, Airbus has got itself a new high-capacity seat airliner. On November 27, the A350-1000 has been certified by the European Union Safety Agency (EASA) to operate with 480 seats,…