Regular readers of this site know that we focus on the Middle of the Market (MoM) a lot. This focus is not just being opinionated. The data support the importance of focusing on the MoM segment. The eye-catching number that…
After Spirit Airlines’ announcement on Thursday that it has converted orders for all 31 Airbus A319neo’s into larger A321neo’s, Airbus confirmed today in its orders and deliveries list for July that total orders for the type have come down to 61. With…
How much longer Spirit AeroSystems management is willing to accept that three key commercial aircraft programs are at forward losses before it acts and negotiates better deals with Airbus and Boeing? That question was put forward in different ways by different…
The Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris released the financial results for the first half of 2023 this week. Volaris posted total operating revenues worth $1.5 billion and had total operating expenses of $1.49 billion. How did Volaris do? The Mexican carrier…
How big is the market for the Single-Aisle MoM?
The global airline industry faces a pilot shortage in the post-Covid environment. Internationally, that shortage will be short-lived, as training a new pilot from an ab-initio program to flying in the right seat takes 250-500 hours. Several training initiatives are…