Aviation business

Comeback kid: the A380’s post-Covid story

In February 2019, as part of its order for 40 A330-900s and 30 A350-900s, Emirates downsized its remaining commitments for the A380, the world’s largest passenger plane…

AvTalk Podcast

AvTalk Episode 134: Nobody cares about number 2

On this episode of AvTalk, we look forward to the 8th of November, when international air travel to the US reopens to those around…

Aviation business

Commercial flights down 42% in 2020

Commercial flights ended 2020 down 41.7% from 2019. Total flights finished the year 27% below 2019 levels. Commercial traffic continued its slow rebound in…

Special aircraft tracking

Pilot draws syringe in the sky to celebrate COVID-19 vaccine

A pilot in southern Germany took to the sky just before Christmas to celebrate the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. Using a Diamond DA-20…

AvTalk Podcast

AvTalk Episode 100: Good riddance 2020

On our 100th episode of AvTalk, we’re joined by John Walton to learn about the complexity of transporting the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine and…

Aviation business

Bumping along: charting October’s flight activity

October continued August and September’s trend of near flat global commercial flight traffic growth with traffic still slightly more than 40% below last year’s…

Aviation business

Can we learn from China’s traffic recovery?

As the first hit by COVID-19, China is also a step ahead of Europe and the United States in the recovery. In this article,…

AvTalk Podcast

AvTalk Episode 94: What a mess

On this episode of AvTalk, the last A380 rolls out of assembly, more aircraft are slated for storage, and we dig in to some…

Aviation business

Will COVID stall the market for the A330’s engines?

The A330 has over ten variants across all passenger, cargo and military configurations. The engine options for the A330 CEOs are General Electric’s CF6-80E,…

Aviation business

The 747 steps up: how the Queen’s cargo role has increased

The first three years of this decade were supposed to see a gradual and dignified retirement of major airlines’ passenger 747 fleets. With COVID-19…

COVID-19

Comeback kid: the A380’s post-Covid story

AvTalk Episode 134: Nobody cares about number 2

Commercial flights down 42% in 2020

Pilot draws syringe in the sky to celebrate COVID-19 vaccine

AvTalk Episode 100: Good riddance 2020

Bumping along: charting October’s flight activity

Can we learn from China’s traffic recovery?

AvTalk Episode 94: What a mess

Will COVID stall the market for the A330’s engines?

The 747 steps up: how the Queen’s cargo role has increased

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