With growing chatter about fuel burn and rising fuel prices, we kept digging in the data and came up with some interesting metrics for your consideration. The greener the number in the table the better. Our metric is seat miles…
Delta stated today on its earnings call its concern with rising fuel prices, and how this will negatively impact their earnings. The rise in traffic is welcome, but that rise may not be fast enough to offset rising fuel costs.…
We have published extensively about US airlines and their operational delays. We have also explained our estimates of what these delays have cost these airlines. Now we want to explore the impacts at US airports. Our first pass focuses exclusively…
As US airlines navigate their way through the pandemic, it has become clear that each airline takes slightly different paths to seek their lowest seat cost production. While seeking the lowest seat cost is a perennial goal for all airlines, …
Airline schedules are by definition built far into the future, typically up to 360 days ahead. During normal times this is not that difficult. Traffic growth follows predictable patterns by season and reasonably predictable growth. Not anymore. Take a look…
In the US, and probably globally, fuel represents about 40% of airline operating costs. Cutting fuel burn is going to remain a prime focus at every airline. The case to retire aircraft is driven by MRO costs, but even if…