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
  • 12 Min Read

Airlines survived 2020, but as flyers return their dollars won’t

As 2020 draws to a close, TAC Analysis reflects on the economic chaos wrought by COVID-19 on capacity,...
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 21 Min Read

Emerging markets both spur and limit Embraer’s E3 turboprop potential

Trains, planes and automobiles and the constraints facing the E3 in different regions around the world.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 10 Min Read

Even our willingness to fly is partisan

Marking your ballot and buying a plane ticket have more in common than you think.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 8 Min Read

Breaking the statistical link between COVID-19 cases and air travel demand

The connection between passenger traffic growth and new infections is mathematically meaningless.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 15 Min Read

Furloughs, aircraft retirements put a ceiling on airline recovery

Airlines can’t get back to 2019 levels if they furlough staff and retire portions of their fleets.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 13 Min Read

COVID can’t keep passengers away from flying forever, but the economy can

Airlines eagerly await a world where they only have to worry about the economy.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 16 Min Read

Six months into the pandemic, it’s even worse for airlines than we thought

Is this really what recovery looks like?
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 11 Min Read

Fall is here for airlines and business travelers aren’t

Online activity suggests a difficult autumn season for airlines.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 13 Min Read

Aircraft out of storage and into the frying pan

A220, 787-10 and A320neo are winning in post-COVID fleets, but the resurgence can’t last.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 10 Min Read

Airlines seek 2019 rebound, but fares are missing link to recovery

With all eyes on capacity and passenger numbers awaiting the return to 2019 levels, what then?
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