The Airbus-Boeing duopoly is neither balanced nor healthy for the aviation industry. Since the McDonnell-Douglas merger into Boeing, there have been only two viable competitors in the commercial aircraft market. Today, one of those companies is failing across all its…
Leasing firm Azorra made the following announcement: Azorra announces the purchase of 12 Airbus A220-300s from EGYPTAIR, the flag carrier of Egypt. Azorra is acquiring the aircraft from EGYPTAIR to support the airline’s ongoing fleet transformation, as it seeks to…
Just when you think it’s safe to go back in the water, you hear that music – da-da, da-da, dum de dum de dum – and suddenly Jaws reappears. It certainly seems that way with the most recent Boeing “quality…
United CEO Scott Kirby is quoted by Reuters saying “Boeing is not going to be able to meet their contractual deliveries on at least many of those airplanes and let’s leave it at that.” We also published a view on…
The duopoly refers to Airbus and Boeing – between them accounting for at least 90% of new aircraft deliveries, month after month. These two OEMs are very important companies. What happens to them impacts your world. Until quite recently these…
UPDATE – Icelandair and SMBC announced on January 5 that they have concluded a long-term lease to add another A321LR to the airline’s fleet. Some two weeks later on January 22, the carrier agreed with CDB Aviation on the lease of…