Why is your flight delayed?
As we enter summer travel season in the US, you might want to prepare for flight delays. Gate agents do their best but generally lack the information you need. You want to know why your flight is delayed because, by…
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Why United Airlines is the most fuel efficient among the big four
United Airlines has a well-managed fleet. Even with the MAX 10 delays and other MAX disruptions, it has the most fuel-efficient fleet among the big four US airlines. We must provide evidence to support this statement, so here we go.…
Why Boeing’s new CEO needs to be an outsider
During Boeing’s earnings call earlier this week, CEO Dave Calhoun, who had announced he is stepping down by the end of the year, stated that his preference for a replacement would be a Boeing insider. In our view, this would…
Thoughts on why Frontier Group had a great quarter
Yesterday, we looked at Frontier’s results . Frontier chased Spirit and lost out to JetBlue. As we were told, no matter how that turned out, Frontier would make money on the deal because if JetBlue won, they would pay it…
Why Air France-KLM selected the A350 over the 787
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Airbus and Boeing know this all too well when clinching aircraft orders. But the announcement from Air France-KLM that it intends to order up to ninety Airbus A350s must be tough for Boeing. Once confirmed, the…
Insight: Why is Turkish adding A350s?
News out today is that Turkish Airlines has ordered another ten A350-900s. Why would the airline do this? As the chart shows, these two aircraft are virtually identical at Turkish. In a previous analysis, we noted how closely matched the…