TAC Analysis details its 2022 forecast in two parts, beginning with an examination of how 2021 unfolded. Domestic U.S. load factors returned to 2019 levels during the summer season, filling the available capacity to the brim. As demand continues to return without sufficient capacity to keep pace, fares have already returned to 2019 levels, a trend expected to continue in 2022.
As COVID-19 mutates to continue its torment, aviation adapts right along with it.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateAugust 4, 2022Aerospace settles into persistent single-aisle feast and twin-aisle faminePurchase a...
The factors that will define the air travel recovery in 2021.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJune 16, 2022Pilot shortage solutions are plentiful but politically improbablePurchase a PDF...
With receding regional aviation competitors, Embraer studies a return to a market that hasn’t had the choice of an all-new product in decades. Unique quirks of the turboprop market and Embraer technology planning will pressure E3 market potential. Big leaps in efficiency of single-aisle jets compresses the list of small markets that need a big turboprop.
How China shut down its air travel system for Lunar New Year.
Amazon is a retail company at its core, its logistics operations are in service to that end. For Amazon to directly fight FedEx and UPS, it risks doing so at the detriment of its own operations. As Amazon Air grows, its rise is not strictly zero-sum and FedEx and UPS benefit from the expanding marketplace.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 2, 2022Boeing and Airbus single-aisle workhorses squeeze out regional and widebody...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJune 28, 2022Asia still dominates dormant fleet, but it's not clear how...
The abundance of aircraft parked around the world brings another, very human and more personal abundance - pilots. Without passengers to fly, aircraft will remain parked. With aircraft parked, some pilots find themselves the subject of a furlough. Yet, even as the industry stares down a potential sharp reduction in the overall pilot workforce, the massive change could simultaneously spark a major new wave of retraining that would overwhelm the global simulator infrastructure.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateApril 6, 2022Frontier wins in JetBlue-Spirit dealPurchase a PDF of this analysis...