This analysis from Visualapproach.io was added to The Air Current archive on March 15, 2020. With the prospect of narrow-bodies...
As 2020 draws to a close, TAC Analysis reflects on the economic chaos wrought by COVID-19 on capacity, traffic (and most importantly) revenue.
For the first time in over three months, the Transportation Security Administration screened over 600,000 passengers. Yet, as optimistic as the almost seven-fold increase in traffic from its lows may be, it still requires context that overall numbers remain down more than 77% from the same point in 2019 and now facing a surge in new U.S. COVID-19 cases.
In this TAC Analysis, we focus on these nuanced dynamics of the airline pilot seniority list, and the ways in which the airlines and pilots could work together to weather this unprecedented excess in payroll.
This analysis from Visualapproach.io was added to The Air Current archive on March 10, 2020. Airbus officially launched the A321XLR...
After just over three decades, Bombardier’s commercial aircraft business is approaching its end. Once the number three airliner producer on...
The first signs of a slowing recovery in air traffic are beginning to show in the United States just as airlines make their largest capacity increases. Even as screened passenger numbers from the Transportation Security Administration continue their upward trajectory, so do new cases of COVID-19 in states not first hit by the virus. With that growing uncertainty, the spread is showing its first indications of a slowing recovery in the months ahead.
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.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateOctober 17, 2022The U.S. has a 50-seat jet problemPurchase a PDF of...
Decisions made by Airbus in the late 1980s are guiding the future second act for the A330 as a converted package-hauler.
The connection between passenger traffic growth and new infections is mathematically meaningless.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateOctober 3, 2022Widebody aircraft rebound awaits a powerful catalyst that may not...
