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
  • 19 Min Read

How a regional aircraft is flown today will define its prospects tomorrow

There’s no one definition of a regional airline and that shows in the pandemic’s rebound.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 12 Min Read

Making sense of the post-pandemic role of regional aircraft

The difference between in the air or on the ground is a matter of latitude and longitude.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 14 Min Read

Premium economy’s surprising pandemic rebound

There’s no one definition 
of premium economy 
at the world’s airlines, 
but it’s globally resurgent
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 11 Min Read

Clear signs of business travel return with accelerating U.S. recovery

TAC Analysis updates its recovery forecast as travel sentiment points to growing momentum for business...
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 17 Min Read

Amazon’s fleet looks different if it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight

The courier on the ground will drive Amazon’s air network in challenge to FedEx and UPS.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 18 Min Read

Retail, not logistics, is Amazon Air’s lodestar in UPS & FedEx fight

Amazon Air will be successful, it doesn’t mean that UPS and FedEx won’t.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 18 Min Read

Amazon is building an empire in the sky, but it’s no FedEx or UPS

UPS and FedEx are built around delivering overnight to anywhere. That's not Amazon's game.
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 12 Min Read

The global aircraft fleet recovery is a tale of trifurcation

A year on, the global fleet is taking three different paths to recovery around the world -- and highly...
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 19 Min Read

Engines for A330 freighter will propel or stall its prospects

Decisions made by Airbus in the late 1980s are guiding the future second act for the A330 as a converted...
  • Analysis
  • Courtney Miller
  • 15 Min Read

Airbus’s A330 path to cargo conversion success faces an uphill battle

The A330 can be a good freighter, but the aircraft’s peculiarities offer a challenge to owners and...
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