FlightFriday

By Daniel Williams
Revisiting and updating one of the most popular Flight Fridays in 2024, this week we again look at the CFM Leap and Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
Coinciding with Aviation Week's MRO Australasia, this week’s Flight Friday examines how the Asia-Pacific region and Australia are performing compared to 2019.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
With Aviation Week Events MRO Europe coming up in Barcelona, Spain, Flight Friday looks at how Europe is faring compared to 2019.
MRO Europe

By Daniel Williams
With the upcoming NBAA event Oct. 22-24, Flight Friday looks at the recovery and sustained post-pandemic utilization levels within the business aviation sector.
Business Aviation

By Daniel Williams
Flight Friday examines the Boeing 757's pioneering role in the aviation industry, which broke the mold for using narrowbody aircraft on transatlantic routes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
After CFM International celebrated its 50th birthday on Tuesday, this week’s #FlightFriday looks at how important the CFM56 still is to the aviation industry.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
With MRO Asia-Pacific approaching, this week's Flight Friday examines indexed flight cycles for combined operators in Asia-Pacific, China and India.
MRO Asia

By Daniel Williams
Flight Friday looks at indexed cycles against the equivalent month in 2019 of passenger narrowbodies and how they have recovered to beyond pre-pandemic levels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
Flight Friday looks at cycles (flights) of some select engines that power narrowbody passenger aircraft in Europe.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
This week's Flight Friday looks at the flight cycles of specific engines powering widebody aircraft, comparing them to the equivalent month in 2019.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
As airlines in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy their summer peak, Flight Friday looks at passenger flights from January to July over the 2019-24 period.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the largest four U.S. low-cost carriers (LCCs) are faring compared to 2019.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
With Regional Express (Rex) filing for voluntary administration, Flight Friday looks at the current state of Australia's larger operators in terms of flights.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Daniel Williams
As Farnborough Airshow 2024 comes to a close, we look at widebody passenger flight hours of operators that confirmed twin-aisle aircraft orders at the show.
Farnborough Airshow

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787s are faring in terms of utilization.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Daniel Williams
With the recent EU approval of Lufthansa’s purchase of 41% of ITA, Flight Friday looks at the flight hours of the "flag carriers" within the Lufthansa group.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday revisits a similar analysis from earlier in 2024, the utilization of CFM Leap and Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)-powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
This week’s #FlightFriday focuses on Eastern European (excluding Russian) operators, corresponding with the upcoming MRO BEER event in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
Last week's analysis showcased that international flights are back to 2019 levels; this week we look at the "resurgence" of the passenger widebody market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
International flights are back! This week’s #FlightFriday looks at how, finally, international commercial flights have surpassed to 2019 levels.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at how important “previous generation” engine technology is for the current aviation industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at the recovery in the single engine turboprop market within business aviation.
Business Aviation

By Daniel Williams
The business aviation market is dominated by the North American market, with North American operators accounting for over 70% of all flight in 2023.
EBACE

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at the split recovery in Latin American operators’ domestic and international utilization profiles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
While overall passenger aircraft recovery in the region is nearly complete, not all operators are equal; each has very different recovery stories.
Airlines & Lessors