Airline PR: Spirit Airlines, Inc. announced that it agreed with Airbus to defer all aircraft on order scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2025 through the end of 2026 to 2030-2031. These deferrals do not include the…
The FAA’s rate throttle on the MAX is leaving customers unhappy. United has even asked pilots to take unpaid time off. Customer anxiety is mainly kept quiet. There is no point in any public Boeing bashing. We are aware of…
A fascinating piece by The Air Current notes: “It was the CEOs of United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines who ultimately catalyzed a change in leadership at the top of Boeing.” Boeing’s immediate future will elicit endless…
This week, JP Morgan hosted its Industrials Conference, with several airlines presenting their thoughts and outlook on 2024 and beyond. This article summarizes some of the key findings from that conference. The Network Carriers Delta, United, American, and Southwest participated…
The recently filed 10K attracted attention because of the MAX 10 delay and interest in securing A321neos to fill the airline’s fleet plan gap. Here’s the key table from the document. The table shows the airline planned on taking 80…
One carrier’s loss can be another’s gain. With the JetBlue-Spirit merger denied, both carriers are modifying their fleet plans, deferring deliveries on A320neos. That frees up additional delivery slots in the near term, which United Air Lines is poised to…