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United Airlines revises fleet plan

April 23, 2015: United Airlines announced its 1Q2015 earnings today (which will eventually be posted with commentary on SkyWriterAviation.aero). What caught our eye in the press release was the following. United will: Complete the removal of more than… Read More

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 Posted on April 23, 2015 by

 Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Embraer

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Air Canada: 787s have 29% lower costs than older 767s (before the latter’s reconfiguration)

Dec. 2, 2014: Air Canada says its new Boeing 787s will have 29% lower fuel, maintenance and per-seat costs than the old Boeing 767-300ERs being replaced. Part of this is because the 787s seat more passengers. But the… Read More

 14 Comments

 Posted on December 2, 2014 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing

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Odds and Ends: 367-80 roll-out 60 years ago; Air Canada deals blow to BBD

367-80 rollout: Boeing rolled out the 707 prototype, the 367-80, 60 years ago yesterday. The Seattle Post Intelligencer has this story. The name 367-80 was an effort to infer the project was merely a derivative of the C-97… Read More

 26 Comments

 Posted on May 15, 2014 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Qatar swaps A319neo to A320neo; just 29-39 orders remain

Qatar Airways has swapped its order for the A319neo in favor of the A320neo, leaving just 29-39 orders remaining for the smallest version of the neo family. Qatar became the first customer for the A319neo when it placed… Read More

 28 Comments

 Posted on December 31, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

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Assessing the Air Canada 737 order: factors that likely played a role

How did Boeing win the Air Canada mainline 150-200 seat jet order when only a couple of weeks ago Flight Global reported the Airbus won the deal? We, too, heard that Airbus seemed to be the favorite, but… Read More

 31 Comments

 Posted on December 11, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney

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Air Canada snubs Airbus, orders 737s; keeps some of Embraer portion open

Air Canada snubbed Airbus with its mainline jet fleet renewal and ordered up to 109 Boeing 737 MAXes. The initial order is for the 8 and 8 MAX, with the ability to swap for the 7 MAX. The… Read More

 39 Comments

 Posted on December 11, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

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Odds and Ends: From EADS’ Investors’ Day; Illinois and 777X; Air Canada; LOT gets $33m from Boeing

From EADS’ Investors Day 1: Airbus parent EADS is having two days worth of briefings for aerospace analysts. Here’s initial news coverage from Day 1: Reuters: EADS strategy stresses Airbus Reuters: EADS IDs new dividend policy, A350 target… Read More

 5 Comments

 Posted on December 11, 2013 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Bombardier, CSeries, EADS, Embraer

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Key events Dec. 10-12: Boeing, EADS, Air Canada

There are some key events to follow today through Thursday: December 10: The Requests for Proposals for the site selection of the 777X are due into Boeing today. Media will be trying to find details, but Boeing certainly… Read More

 11 Comments

 Posted on December 10, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

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Odds and Ends: Contrary views of Mulally; Cathay considers 420-seat 777-9X; Long haul flight log; a walk in the park

Contrary views of Mulally: With increasing media speculation about the prospect of Alan Mulally returning to Seattle to take the helm of Microsoft, a company in need of strong and creative leadership, two interesting and contrary views of… Read More

 36 Comments

 Posted on October 1, 2013 by

 Airbus, Aspire Aviation, Boeing

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Odds and Ends: Plane Business analysis of AA-US merger; Air Canada’s single-aisle competition

AA-US Merger: Plane Business made available Aug. 21 its previous analysis of the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger outside its paywall. The analysis of the government’s analysis is pretty devastating to the government’s case. Read it and judge… Read More

 17 Comments

 Posted on August 21, 2013 by

 American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, US Airways

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