The Air Current

Courtney Miller is Managing Director of Analysis for The Air Current. Miller most recently spent 10-years with Bombardier Aerospace, serving as director, North America sales for the company’s commercial aircraft line and led airline marketing and analysis for the western hemisphere for airlines in North and South America and the community of global aircraft lessors. Miller is also founder of visualapproach.io, where he merged industry history and analysis with insightful and beautiful data visualization to illustrate contemporary trends. Miller is a 3,000-hour U.S. airline pilot and began his career flying for U.S. regional airline Comair. He holds a Masters of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle University and a Bachelors of Science in Aviation Technology from Purdue University. He is based in the Dallas, Texas Metroplex.

  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
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Asia still dominates dormant fleet, but it’s not clear how many jets will return

Thousands remain parked, but the longer each one sits, what makes a dormant airplane stored or retired...
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  • Courtney Miller
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Pilot shortage solutions are plentiful but politically improbable

The only viable solution to solve the U.S. pilot shortage may end up being less flying.
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  • Courtney Miller
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Impact of the pilot shortage will cascade far beyond empty cockpits

After an overflowing 2022 with record fares, there’s a very real threat to airline health.
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  • Courtney Miller
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The pilot shortage is spreading beyond the regional airlines

Despite a lack of pilots, the airline industry can’t even agree there’s a shortage.
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  • Courtney Miller
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Boeing and Airbus single-aisle workhorses squeeze out regional and widebody jets

The market for single-aisle aircraft is red hot and rapidly changing the composition of the global...
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  • Courtney Miller
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The global aviation recovery is the tale of two hemispheres

East and West, with very different approaches to COVID, illustrate how the recovery is yet to fully take...
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  • Courtney Miller
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Frontier wins in JetBlue-Spirit deal

The tie-up highlights just how significantly an airline can win by losing
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  • Courtney Miller
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A slowing global economy is still pushing aviation higher

Even with the IMF’s downward revision for global growth, aviation’s tailwinds after the pandemic are...
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  • Courtney Miller
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The airlines that win and lose with Russian airspace closed

The closure of Russian airspace to key global airlines gives some a significant economic benefit and...
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  • Courtney Miller
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Spirit and Frontier merger is about the search for high-hanging fruit

The Ross and Rachel of the airline world were always meant to be together.
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