Globalization, technology and crippling debt will shape the future of flying after COVID-19, says longtime Emirates airline president Sir Tim Clark.
In this TAC Analysis, we reveal the losers – and winners – of the recent airspace restrictions. We examine the tactics used to circumvent the restricted areas for those carriers without access and identify the few airlines still with access to the top of the world.
It’s over: In the end it was the market, not the market forecast, that determined the fate of the Airbus A380. Emirates...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateApril 16, 2020The airlines are staring down a slow and uneven recovery...
The A380 is back, sort of. Airlines are reactivating the double-deck aircraft ahead of the loosening of COVID-related travel restrictions that promise to breathe life into dormant international routes. Just don't call it a comeback for the superjumbo. By all metrics, business aviation in 2021 is thriving. Back above 2019 levels, the industry is seeing a strong uptick in new development and commercial activity, but examining Honeywell's 10-year forecasts TAC steps back to look at the uncomfortable big picture for the industry's trajectory. What was it like to fly on the Convair B-36? We listen to a first-hand recollection about an aircraft that needed six turboprops and four jet engines just to get off the ground in the early years of the Cold War.
“The wake up call of the Max was something that told them that all was not right.”
One cabin door closes, another opens: It’s wholly unremarkable to see a Southwest Airlines 737 or an Emirates 777 land...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMarch 29, 2023Riyadh Air will be as successful as MBS wants it...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateAugust 29, 2022United and Emirates plot codeshare agreementPurchase a PDF of this...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 18, 2022Pentagon has quietly growing doubts about Boeing’s directionPurchase a PDF...
Reuters took a close look at Qatar Airways and claims its pilots are making around crew scheduling in the wake of the pandemic, which significantly resized the airline. The result is a broader discussion around fatigue and the risk of cockpit mistakes that should serve as context given other recent incidents, including Emirates 231. Boeing is betting on Wisk to be its pathfinder to autonomy, so how does the eVTOL entrant plan to do it? United Airlines formally launched its own flight academy, giving aspiring pilots a private certificate and a leg up to an eventual job flying with the airline. Yet, there are still very real obstructions that are clogging the pipeline of pilots.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber. Release DateJune 2, 2023How the war in Ukraine transformed FinnairPurchase a PDF of...