by Addison Schonland | Jul 14, 2021 | Airlines |
As US airlines race to prepare for returning traffic, there is a scramble for capacity. It is the nature of this business that one has to always have extra capacity to deploy quickly. When an opportunity appears, first-mover advantage is crucial. In an oligopoly (and...
by Ernest Arvai | Jun 15, 2021 | Airlines |
TSA data on passengers screened indicates that a strong recovery in US airline traffic is underway. The upward trend line in traffic from earlier in the year is continuing in the first half of June. The following chart, with updated data through June 14th, shows the...
by Addison Schonland | May 11, 2021 | Airlines |
On May 6th, 2019 the FAA put out a circular that seems to have attracted little attention. It was about weight & balance. The kicker here is “information on the use of average estimated weight programs for passengers and baggage” – this is the other side of the...
by Addison Schonland | May 4, 2021 | Airlines |
That really useful dataset known as Form 41 has been updated through year-end 2020. People like to criticize this source as full of holes and unreliable. Until the data shows something they like. Regardless of your view on this data source, it remains the most...
by Addison Schonland | May 4, 2021 | Airlines |
Just how bad was 2020 for US airlines? In two words, beyond awful. Here’s the year-end data updated from US DoT. Select an airline to see each one’s performance. The five-year forecast has a 95% CI and a seasonality factor of 12. Even then it might be...
