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Jon Ostrower and Elan Head·
It's been a frenetic week for fleet moves. Alaska Air is formally removing the asterisk on its Proudly All Boeing moniker, Delta got an all-new aircraft type, Air Canada's getting in line for early A321XLRs and the FAA is putting a significant question mark over the availability of the 737 Max 10. After the crash of China Eastern 5736, The Air Current compares historical high rates of descent for key air accidents. It's an important dose of perspective in the early phases of the investigation into what brought down the 737-800. Whisper Drone charts a course for high-speed electric flight. TAC spoke with Whisper Aero founder Mark Moore about its new drone testbed and its prospects as a promising early application for its ultra-quiet electric propulsors.
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Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateAugust 9, 2019Unraveling the dynamics behind Delta’s regional airline consolidationPurchase a PDF...
Airlines can’t get back to 2019 levels if they furlough staff and retire portions of their fleets. The expiration of the airline provisions in the U.S.’s CARES Act puts the industry’s recovery at risk as airlines decide whether to keep staff in the face of mounting losses.
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Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJuly 21, 2022Airbus advances A220-500 strategy around transcon and possible second enginePurchase...
The Air Current welcomes Courtney Miller as its new Managing Director of Analysis. Air travel is inherently a vector for...
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Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 20, 2020The Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 will reshape airline competition...
In the middle of the single most acute crisis to hit the airline business in the history of flying, U.S. airlines are seemingly trapped playing a cascading series of one upmanship games as they chase market share, risking further destabilizing their airlines at a time when the industry’s very survival hangs in the balance.
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