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.

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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...
  • Analysis
  • 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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  • Courtney Miller
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The duopoly is alive, well, and working to the benefit of the 737 Max

A backlog with available delivery slots is both a curse and a blessing, and that’s how Allegiant Air...
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  • Courtney Miller
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Allegiant is adapting the 737 Max to its business model

Known for buying old airplanes, Allegiant’s business model has plenty of room for new ones.
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  • Courtney Miller
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Regional aircraft recovery stalls after early pandemic rebound

Regional aircraft have not kept up with their larger counterparts in the pandemic recovery.
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  • Courtney Miller
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The pandemic could soon mean a shortage of new airplanes, too

Pandemic produces 3,000 forever missing 737 and A320 deliveries.
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  • Courtney Miller
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If 2021 was about flying again, 2022 is about higher fares & packed flights

TAC Analysis dives into a U.S. aviation recovery forecast for 2022.
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  • Courtney Miller
  • 19 Min Read

A very real pilot shortage threatens to upend the U.S. airline recovery

Regional airlines are acutely exposed to the new shortage.
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  • Courtney Miller
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Aviation’s addiction to growth is overriding its ability to lower emissions

Google’s carbon metrics reveal an industry with a complicated relationship with CO2.
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  • Courtney Miller
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The missing ingredients in electric aviation’s economic pie

The battery, like wheels, brakes or fuel is now a consumable part of the aircraft operations.
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