India’s DGCA has, at last, updated its airline traffic numbers through the 1Q20. Here is a snapshot of our Indian Domestic Air Travel model. The model is available to subscribers to manipulate. On an annualized basis, it looks like the…
Friday, May 15. In recent days, airlines have been announcing a gradual return to flying again. The picture is diffuse, with some offering limited services from the second half of May and others extending their suspensions. So we update our…
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…
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker always has had a nose for smart deals. At the Qatar Airways/CAPA Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit in Doha, he confirmed he is having a look at some new opportunities in the short and medium-term.…
Our updated animated model shows this airline is streets ahead of any competition. One also gets a clearer view of why the GTF issue almost always relates to Indigo. Not only are the world’s largest GTF operator, but they are…
News reports out of India indicate that IndiGo, which has had inflight shut-down problems with the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine, may be improperly operating the engines. Go Airlines, the other Indian LCC using the GTF, is not experiencing similar…