Embraer announced its 2025 guidance in February 2025, setting a target of 77-85 commercial aircraft deliveries. This 77-85 range has been consistently maintained throughout 2025, with the company reiterating this target in its 3Q25 results in November. Yesterday, Embraer delivered…
The US has long been the leading regional airline market. But there’s a wrinkle. No OEM in the regional aircraft business will succeed without offering an aircraft that complies with the US Scope Clause. As a consequence of this outdated…
Bill Swelbar is a well-known US airline industry analyst and commentator. We had asked ALPA to do a podcast about the Scope Clause. They asked for the questions we sent, but there was no response. These are the questions we…
United Airlines launched the CRJ550 , based on the CRJ700. At the time, it looked like this aircraft would be niche and unique to United. Then Delta also selected this model. What explains this resurgence? Also, what does the pilot…
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…
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…