The pandemic did a number on every business in the service sector. US airlines were hit hard and, like everyone else, grabbed the PPP funding. As traffic dropped off, airlines scrambled to lose employees. The most expensive were offered buyouts…
The US DoT updated its T-1 dataset through January 2024, so we updated our model and decided this might be a neat item to share. There are six pages to go through. Remember to click the double-headed arrow at the…
The air travel market recovery has been stronger than expected and continues to show robust signs. The pandemic hit the travel sector hard, and as a primarily service industry, the labor impact was horrendous. Now that traffic seems to be…
Another month’s end brings an opportunity to review the changing US airline fleet. The state we see here started years ago . Airline fleet updates are always big news. Here are some of the trends. Regional Aircraft The fleet saw…
The DoT updated their DB1B datasets through year-end 2023. Here is our updated model for the Market dataset. This model draws on ~1Gb data, so please be patient while it loads and runs. Remember to optimize viewing using the double-head…
As markets recover from the pandemic, domestic travel has recovered globally. The chart below lists domestic air travel in the regions we define as Tier 1. The slump is apparent, as is the recovery. The key challenge was to see…