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

Courtney Miller·August 4, 2021

There’s no one definition of a regional airline and that shows in the pandemic’s rebound. TAC Analysis continues its exploration of which types of regional airlines are excelling in the pandemic era, which are struggling, and what this means for the various aircraft types operating at each.

Making sense of the post-pandemic role of regional aircraft

Courtney Miller·July 22, 2021

Understanding the nuances of regional aircraft -- turboprops and regional jets -- is first and foremost a matter of understanding the role of geography in their success.

Premium economy’s surprising pandemic rebound

Courtney Miller·July 7, 2021

As the traffic recovery continues, passengers are migrating toward different levels of service as the cabin continues on a path toward even-greater segmentation. There’s no one standard definition of what premium economy is or how it’s deployed, but there is a growing passenger preference emerging. Around the globe, premium economy is outpacing the return of other higher-fare classes

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

Courtney Miller·June 28, 2021

TAC Analysis updates its recovery forecast as travel sentiment points to growing momentum for business flying.

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

Courtney Miller·June 7, 2021

What Amazon needs to do in the air is driven by the ultimate reach and purpose of the courier on the ground. Amazon has two options for the path ahead. Either way, it needs more aircraft. Competing with FedEx and UPS means diversifying into smaller aircraft, while perfecting its own rapid retail delivery means bigger freighters.

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

Courtney Miller·May 13, 2021

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.

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

Courtney Miller·May 5, 2021

UPS and FedEx are built around delivering overnight to anywhere. That's not Amazon's game, but the company is building an empire in the sky.

The global aircraft fleet recovery is a tale of trifurcation

Courtney Miller·April 21, 2021

The global airline fleet is not recovering evenly. With global scheduled capacity up over 92% from April 2020, that metric serves better to illustrate just how terrible last April was than how good we find it in 2021. Compared to 2019, the global fleet is producing 53% fewer seat-miles. We’re a long way from where we were before the pandemic.

Analysis

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

Making sense of the post-pandemic role of regional aircraft

Premium economy’s surprising pandemic rebound

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

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

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

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

The global aircraft fleet recovery is a tale of trifurcation

Engines for A330 freighter will propel or stall its prospects

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

Aircraft lessors test charging ailing airlines by the hour

The Airbus A330 is lost in the pandemic’s economic Twilight Zone

United moves to cultivate blended wing JetZero as competitor to Boeing and Airbus

Tariff uncertainty forces undelivered Chinese 737s back to Seattle

Garmin advances strategy on next-gen large airplane flight deck