Regional airlines are finding it difficult to fill their pilot hiring requirements, as a shortage of qualified applications because of a change in a federal rule that raised the minimum number of flight hours for an entry-level first officer from…
Bombardier today announced two news items relative to the CSeries; one positive and one negative, though much anticipated. On a positive note, an new order was announced from Al Qahtani Aviation Company for 16 CS300 aircraft plus ten options. These…
Bombardier announced a series of preliminary agreements in Russia, including a potential order for 100 Q400 turboprops from Rostec, Russia’s state owned Rostechnologii aviation company, as well as a joint venture for final assembly work on Q400 aircraft in Russia.…
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Contract negotiations resumed January 9 between Boeing and its engineers’ union, SPEEA. The outlook is dim and the prospects of a strike are high. The gap between the SPEEA “wants” and the Boeing offer is too wide and talks are…
Oil prices are critical to airlines, the highest single element of cost. But when prices come down, the pressure often temporarily comes off, depending on whether the airlines are stuck with higher priced hedges. The impacts can be quite significant…