The 50 Busiest Birds
Another model update and tweak. In our Public Data Models , we have one titled Activity Tracker Model. Once you open the model please take a look at page 2. Here we list the Top 50 busiest passenger aircraft in…
Tag Southwest Airlines
US Domestic Fleet Activity
As we dig deeper into the US airline operations in 2020 we have another model to share with readers. What we have here is a track of flights from January 1, 2020, through July 23, 2020. We expect to update…
Southwest, Spirit, and Alaska in the same boat in Q2
Unsurprisingly, Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines have also reported Q2 losses, both announcing their results on July 23. Southwest recorded a net loss of $-915 million or even $-1.5 billion without special items, Spirit a $-144.4 million net loss. Alaska…
Evaluating US airline domestic fleet activities
It increasingly clear that this pandemic provides US airlines with a great opportunity to rationalize fleets that had grown organically based on the near ending demand growth. Older aircraft were retired after they were really old – especially at Delta.…
A 2020 US domestic airline tracking model
COVID has done weird things to airlines and air travel the world over. None of it good. But there has been a steady stream of questions – essentially, how are the airlines coping and what are they doing to try…
US Regional Airlines Battle
When looking at ways to offer the most cost-effective airline seat in the current market, you might have thought this would be delivered by a regional jet. After all, why fly ~160 seats when you only have ~50 passengers? But…