With the DOT’s year-end 2024 T2 update published, we have updated our models using this source. Airlines are on a continual hunt for better fuel burn. Fuel represents about 45% of operational costs. Below is one of these models that…
Airlines and lessors clamor for new deliveries. This is the sharp point of commercial aviation, where the supply chain’s efforts play out. New aircraft are far more fuel-efficient. They also come with maintenance holidays while under warranty. But it’s fuel…
Airlines are still recovering from the pandemic, and their flight ops are changing. Operating in a highly competitive industry, airlines constantly tweak and experiment. The industry’s need to continually optimize is why it showed yearly fuel burn improvement long before…
Regional air travel is a big business that is constantly under pressure. Skailark data demonstrates the following analysis on a global scale. The following chart shows the relative amount of ASMs flown by aircraft types. Another way to view regional…
United Airlines has a well-managed fleet. Even with the MAX 10 delays and other MAX disruptions, it has the most fuel-efficient fleet among the big four US airlines. We must provide evidence to support this statement, so here we go.…
The neo and MAX families keep Airbus and Boeing chasing higher production rates as supply chain constraints plague the industry. Are they performing well enough to justify the industry’s continued record orders and backlog? To answer that question, we turned…