Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateAugust 17, 2020Aircraft out of storage and into the frying panPurchase a...
Where a Boeing 777 ends an iPhone begins. At Pinal Airpark in Marana, Ariz. a wrecking claw positioned itself to...
The Air Current welcomes Courtney Miller as its new Managing Director of Analysis. Air travel is inherently a vector for...
How China shut down its air travel system for Lunar New Year.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMarch 23, 2020U.S. regional airlines will play crucial role for big carriers...
Today, the same intuition that initially drove the networks to preserve breadth – the points on route maps – through flying smaller aircraft has shown a recent shift away from the regional aircraft. The recent new trend signals a potential change for the regional aircraft industry, and for the small communities that rely on a connection to the world’s aviation system.
In this TAC Analysis, we revisit the potential re-arrival of a pilot shortage, and how it may quickly become the limiting factor in the recovery. Crucially, while regional airlines were a welcome source of strength during the COVID pandemic, the lack of pilots in the United States could quickly turn the strongest regional jet market on its head. At play are both the near-term effects of staffing flight decks affecting the world, as well as the long-term challenges unique to the United States -- where pilot supply issues have already exposed an acute operational strain on the system.
The nuances of regional markets, both emerging and established, will offer a path for Embraer's E3, but will also limit its possible success. Turboprop customers are particularly sensitive to aircraft pricing, which will be challenged by the scope and pricing of a new development. By reintegrating its commercial unit, Embraer’s engineering talent is unconstrained to operate across its executive jet, defense and eVTOL businesses.
The sixth in a series focusing on Boeing’s road to developing its next all-new commercial airplane. As it pondered a...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 26, 2022Impact of the pilot shortage will cascade far beyond empty...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMarch 3, 2020Once scarce, coronavirus creates a glut of unneeded airlinersPurchase a...
Airlines eagerly await a world where they only have to worry about the economy.
