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Airbus A321 Ops in US service

United A321neo

The Airbus A321 gets a lot of attention .  The A321NX version is in high demand, and recent order delays from some US airlines (Spirit, JetBlue, and Frontier) do not reflect on the aircraft’s performance. Here’s our model of the…

Evolving global flight ops

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…

Insights on LEAP and GTF ops

GTF a

Here’s an interesting perspective as the industry hammers away at Pratt & Whitney about GTF issues.  There have been problems with the GTF for some time . The largest GTF user in Europe is the Lufthansa Group. Moreover, the group…