US air travel trends
There’s been some chatter about whether the US is about to see a pullback on the number of flights. Does the data support this? This chart lists the number of flights by US airlines since the pandemic. The curves show…
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A Southwest Airlines snapshot
This is an interesting story from the Dallas Morning News today. As the author states, “Has the LUV run out?” Let’s take a look at some data. Let’s look at the aircraft data if we focus on passenger LUV. The…
The Daily Boeing: key stories for 30 July 2024
Today’s key story focuses about management succession and a new candidate for the Boeing CEO job, former Rockwell-Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg. He joins insiders Stephanie Pope, current Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, Pat Shanahan, Spirit AeroSystems CEO who has prior Boeing…
The Daily Boeing: key stories for 22 July 2024
Today’s key story centers about the 737 MAX and altitude control at Southwest Airlines, after another Southwest aircraft descended dangerously low over the weekend. This is the third incident of a plane descending to low altitude, and while all have…
Third Southwest Airlines descent raises alarms
Southwest Airlines has experienced three incidents in the last few months in which Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft have unexpectedly descended to low altitudes on their landing approaches. Three unsafe approaches, the first at Oklahoma City, the second off the…
Southwest Airlines Signs MoU With Archer Aviation
You can read the PR here. The MoU focuses on Southwest’s California operations. Archer focuses on offering to replace 60-to-90-minute car commutes with estimated 10-to-20-minute electric air taxi flights. Archer and Southwest plan to collaborate over the next few years…