FlightFriday

By Daniel Williams
Due to high travel demand, a pilot shortage, and new build delivery delays, the A380 looks like a very interesting proposition again.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
This week, Flight Friday pivots to looking at just one aircraft family—the Airbus A320.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
This week’s #FlightFriday looks at how flight hours, by region, compare against the first half of 2019.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
How do first half deliveries for the two largest airframers stack up in the last few years?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
With nearly 1,000 A320 and 737 MAX family aircraft ordered at Paris Air Show, this week’s #FlightFriday looks at the A320ceo, A320neo, 737-800 and the 737-8 MAX
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
With the large number of Indian operators announcing orders at Paris Air Show, this week’s Flight Friday looks at the Indian market.
Airlines & Lessors

May 2023 was the first time that any aircraft class in Europe—regional turboprop—reached and exceeded the equivalent month in 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
A look at how the Lufthansa Group is fairing by comparing the number of flights (cycles) between January-May 2019 and 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

This week we drill down on the widebody sector, looking at the Big Twins: the Airbus built A330s and A350s alongside the Boeing produced 777s and 787s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
With stability returning to travel globally, the number of flights (cycles) are slowly returning to equivalent 2019 levels.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
The business aviation sector has been one of the few bright stars of the pandemic, and we have seen some of that utilization begin to fall and then plateau over
Business Aviation

We look at Asia Pacific, China and India utilization, and what the effects of the removal of China’s Zero COVID policy had since December 2022.
MRO

By Daniel Williams
With Aviation Week’s MRO Australasia coming up this month, this week’s #FlightFriday takes a look at Australian and New Zealand operators’ utilization.
MRO

By Daniel Williams
We look at the latest generation engines CFM LEAP and Pratt & Whitney GTF against the well-established "legacy" engines CFM56 and IAE V2500.
MRO

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at the North American market through the lens of aircraft classes.
MRO Americas

By Daniel Williams
This week we look at the U.S. "Medium 4" operators in terms of number of scheduled movements.
Air Transport

This week we look at how many flights (cycles) the US ‘Big 4’ operators are operating compared to their equivalent month in 2019.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
This week we examine the recovery of passenger flights across the Middle East and Africa.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
Russia's domestic traffic has begun to drop below the equivalent month in 2019, suggesting sanctions on aircraft and engine parts may be having an effect.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
The first group to return to 100% of 2019 levels was the Latin America narrowbody market, which returned to pre-2019 levels in April 2022.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
China was the last large market to remove COVID restrictions, and it is anticipated that the international travel shall continue to rebound.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
Helicopter In Service Fleet (ISF) is expected to grow from ~21,500 in 2023 to over 24,000 in 2032.
Aerospace

By Daniel Williams
Middle East carriers thrive on transit passengers through the major Middle Eastern hubs, however, the COVID outbreak put a halt on international traffic.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
Overall, January 2023 Latin America flights are almost at 95% of January 2019, showing positive progress to ‘pre-pandemic’ levels.
Air Transport

By Daniel Williams
Good news as the global commercial aviation market continues its rebound from the COVID-19 crisis, with domestic aircraft usage now above pre-pandemic levels.
Air Transport