From sudden opportunity to strategic investment: that sums up the position that Austrian low-cost carrier LaudaMotion has taken within Ryanair, the Irish LCC and the number 2-airline within Europe on passenger volumes. But what’s the plan behind this? Airinsight briefly…
Market capacity outgrowing demand, valuta risks and higher fuel costs are likely to impact the 2019 result of Scandinavian airline SAS, which can look back on a record-year 2018. SAS announced its November 2017-October 2018 results on January 29. They…
Airlines know that fast turnarounds mean profits – Southwest advertised ten-minute turns back in 1982. While there have been various claims about turnaround times, there has been a shortage of data to help determine just how important this factor is…
We undertook a review of A320neo flight operations. There were 71 A320neo aircraft in operation at the end of February. An analysis of the 28,105 flights scheduled provides some interesting insights. With recent news reports suggesting difficulties with engines, we…
This week saw two announcements that seem confusing. First came Bombardier’s news about the Cityjet CRJ900 order being firmed up. The came Falko’s announcement about its CRJ900 deal with SAS. The first announcement was that Bombardier firmed its purchase agreement,…
SAS provided Airbus another large neo order today, and has chosen the CFM LEAP engine to power that fleet. This order is significant because SAS is a major operator of 737NG aircraft. SAS currently operates 12 Airbus narrow-bodies and 67…