The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent. Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was intra-African. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and…
At the start of 2020 there 3,147 turboprops in airline service. Of these 609 or 19% were parked. Here’s a breakdown by operating regions. Looking at the parked fleet we expect few will come back into service. They are simply…
Turboprops have had a good year in 2017. We take a look at the market and provide some insights to be found in the data. The turboprop market is big but not as exciting, perhaps, as the single-aisle market. We…
You can learn about this new aircraft here. Meanwhile here are the key items: Payload 6,000Lb, Range 900NM. A passenger version could carry 19. FedEx is the launch customer with an order of up to 100 (50+50). From what we…
ATR reports it has “certified its new Vibration Monitoring System (VMS) which will allow airlines to constantly monitor and fine tune propeller vibration. This innovation, which will be available on all new aircraft from March 2018, improves both aircraft reliability…