June 29, 2015, © Leeham Co. Back on June 1, I wrote in this column I had yet to experience traveling on the Airbus A380, which entered service in 2007. The A380 doesn’t serve Seattle, where I live, and… Read More
Posted on June 29, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Qatar Airways, United Airlines
737, 747-8, A319, A320, A350, A380, Air France, Airbus, Akbar Al-Baker, American Airlines, BE Aerospace, Boeing, Boeing Sky Interior, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa Airlines, Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways, Recaro, United Airlines
June 17, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co. With focus, as always, on Airbus and Boeing, and an airplane that neither exists nor is about to any time in the near-term (the Middle of the Market aircraft),… Read More
Posted on June 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
June 15, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The battle between the the Big Three US carriers, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, vs the Big Three Middle Eastern carriers, Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, was… Read More
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The Middle of the Market (MOM) airplane seems next up on the development plate. Air Lease Corp (ALC) is a major player in the development of any new airplane, and president John… Read More
Posted on June 9, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
June 7, 2015: The chief executive officer of Lutfhansa Airlines said he welcomes the Big Three US airliners to the dispute over whether the Big Three Middle Eastern carriers are unfairly competing against legacy airlines. Carsten Spohr, CEO… Read More
Posted on June 7, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, United Airlines
747-400F, airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Carsten Spohr, Delta Air Lines, Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, IATA, International Air Transport Assn., Lufthansa Airlines, MD-11F, Qatar Airways, United Airlines
Introduction June 4, 2015, c. Leeham Co. In our article series around A350 we now finish by covering how an airline prepares its pilots for flying A350. Here we were given the possibility to interview Finnair’s Flight Safety Manager Tapani… Read More
Posted on June 5, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
May 25, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Airline stocks took a dive last week when it appeared fare wars and eroding capacity discipline is beginning among US carriers. Southwest Airlines said it will be adding capacity at the rate… Read More
Posted on May 25, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Pontifications, US Airways
737 Classic, 737-700, 737-800, airlines, America West Airlines, American Airlines, Ben Baldanza. Don Burr, Bob Crandall, Boeing, Doug Parker, Frontier Airlines, Midway Airlines, New York Air, PeoplExpress, Ryanair, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Air, US Airways
May 11, 2015: Qatar Airways is going to add service to three more US cities and the US airlines don’t like it. That’s too bad. We’ve heard this story before. First, it was the proposed deregulation of the… Read More
Posted on May 11, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Pontifications, United Airlines
airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Braniff Inc., British Airways, British Caledonian, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways, Freddie Laker, Harding Lawrence, Laker Airways, Midway Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Qatar Airways, Richard Branson, SkyTrain, TWA, United Airlines, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic
Subscription Required Introduction April 28, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Goldman Sachs over the weekend issued a research note, Is the new aircraft supply/demand equation nearing a tipping point? GS cited the recent United and American airlines actions involving… Read More
Posted on April 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Germanwings, Premium, United Airlines
737 MAX 200, 737NG, 747-400, 767-300ERs, 777, 777-300ER, 787, A320NEO, A321LR, A330ceo, A330neo, A350, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Emirates Airlines, Goldman Sachs, JetBlue, Lufthansa Airlines, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Wizzair
April 27, 2015: c. Leeham Co. With the announcement on the 1Q2015 earnings call that American Airlines is deferring Boeing 787s, I received an inquiry from a media person: what is it with the 787 that “everyone” is… Read More
Posted on April 27, 2015 by Scott Hamilton