The government bailouts for airlines and aerospace manufacturers in the United States will come with some strings, including the potential for some equity ownership by the government in exchange for their financial support. This seems like a reasonable proposal, given…
Typically the airlines don’t pay much for their engines using “Power-By-Hour” contracts instead. From industry sources, we understand more than half the airlines utilize these contracts. On the lower side, we might see GE and CFM in high-sixties percent and…
The US airline industry has followed a path previously walked by the auto industry – cap in hand to Washington for help. This does make sense, given the massive disruption that hit within the past three weeks. So what are…
Yesterday Breeze Aviation Group, Inc., David Neeleman’s new US airline, made a new filing. The filing of a redacted T-5 is to keep certain data away from prying eyes (competitors). Here’s the data filed. The plan shown reflects steady…
With the Covid-19 pandemic in full swing, global airlines are cutting back mercilessly with a downstream impact being felt throughout the commercial aerospace supply chain. On Friday Delta Air Lines, arguably the world’s best-run airline, announced it was grounding 300…
Over the past year, we built a series of data models to highlight points about the US airline industry. Today we sharing another of these to illustrate how US airline fleets have been operating in terms of on-time performance. The…