Today’s news items for Boeing center about the 777-9, with an additional cracked components found, and why United won’t buy the airplane. Cracks have been found on a fourth 777-9 test aircraft, reinforcing the seriousness of the issue with the…
The DB1B, the famous 10% ticket sample, offers insight into how the US airline market evolves. Using the market summary dataset, we offer four charts, each focusing on one industry segment. Some items: The ball size reflects traffic volume. The…
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…
Arguably, your correspondent’s favorite subject is the middle of the market. Some “data reporting anomalies” have been examined and revised. We will be digging into that soon enough. Meanwhile, here’s our updated MoM Metrics Model. Despite American parking its 767-300ERs,…
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We get lots of questions about the US airline industry’s performance. Here’s a model that summarises the performance of the US airlines (excluding regional brands). The model uses the DoT’s T2 dataset and essentially a snapshot at the end of…