The operational fleet counts just nine aircraft right now, but Singapore Airlines’ announcement on April 2 that it has grounded two Boeing 787-10s due to Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN issues does ring an alarm bell. Reported by Channel News Asia…
Etihad announced another loss-making year on March 14. It ended 2018 at $-1.28bln, which is a slight improvement on the $1.52bln loss the previous year. The second year of its transformation program saw its core operating performance improve by 15…
After one of the worst kept secrets in recent weeks, Airbus has confirmed on February 14 that it will end production of the A380 in 2021. This follows a re-think at Emirates about its A380 order, with the airline converting…
One of the ME3, Etihad is likely to shrink. Reports indicate that this shrink is going to disrupt Airbus and Boeing’s skyline and order books. What do we know about Etihad’s fleet? At the end of 2017, the carrier had…
The results are grim. Etihad reported a loss of $1.9bn. Emirates announced its first decline in profits in five years. And Qatar is besieged and indications are to expect it to report 30% lower revenues because of the neighboring countries…
It is quite remarkable how quickly the ME3 became tier one players in the global airline industry. As the chart illustrates, Etihad is the smallest of the ME3. Because Etihad was the smallest but had the same task of “showing…