Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateNovember 18, 2022Widebodies finally join the global airline recoveryPurchase a PDF of...
Seeing an opening with uncertain Boeing product strategy, Airbus advances toward an A350 freighter. Possible buyers urge consideration of an engine from GE.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJune 20, 2022Freight boom and delays accelerate Boeing’s 777 converted freighter planPurchase...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJuly 7, 2022China reactivates its airlines, for nowPurchase a PDF of this...
The failed March 2 mission was one of the very first known attempts by a lessor to repossess a Russian-based commercial aircraft, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The Air Current. What is typically an unremarkable journey connecting Moscow to Cairo would shine a spotlight on the unfolding collapse of Russian commercial aviation, shaking the foundations of international law.
This analysis from Visualapproach.io was added to The Air Current archive on March 15, 2020. With the prospect of narrow-bodies...
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
The threat of increased conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the resulting fall-out leaves the civil aerospace industry acutely vulnerable to everything from astronomical jet fuel prices and disrupted airspace to the potential for full-scale derailment of commercial aircraft production.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateOctober 3, 2022Widebody aircraft rebound awaits a powerful catalyst that may not...
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At first glance, the purchase of 50 new-generation aircraft looks out of character for Allegiant Air, here's why it jumped on the Boeing bandwagon. There's a rivalry brewing between eVTOL entrants Joby Aviation and Archer. The quiet war of words over certification milestones are increasingly important to watch as both eye 2024 for regulatory approvals and the bragging rights for first to fly paying passengers. Emirates 231 wasn't the only incident of its kind. There's no global system of incident reporting -- and that's what makes independent aviation journalism so important.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateDecember 13, 2022United mega-deal sets carrier on a three-decade journey of constrained...
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