US DoT Traffic data February 2020
The DoT released its update to the T-100D for February, so we updated our model. Typically this for subscribers, but given the COVID madness we are all in, why not share it? Views: 23
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Insight: Wednesday 13 May 2020: Calhoun: A major US airline will go belly up?
News: On NBC’s Today show, Boeing CEO David Calhoun made a bold prediction that a major US airline will go out of business by the end of the year, and that it will take up to five years before the…
Running an airline must be hell
Imagine running a business as complex as an airline. There are so many exogenous factors to consider – the weather is an obvious one and, of course, the regular contagions like wars, SARS, COVID, and financial meltdowns. Then you have…
US airline Op Margins – How it was supposed to be
Remember, back in the mists of time, before the Virus? It feels like so long ago. Back then the world seemed so “normal”. Here is how our model was forecasting future operating margins for the big US airlines based on…
Scope Clause and Covid-19
Scope Clause is something that is almost certainly an issue, along with furloughs, that is causing US pilots headaches. So, what are some of the options or scenarios that could play out? Let’s look at the big three US airlines…
Eliminating the middle man
How will we fly on an airplane when the worst of Covid-19 is over? Will we fly and under what conditions? Which load factors make sense if social distancing needs to be applied? These are some of the questions the…