FlightFriday

With the recent EU approval of Lufthansa’s purchase of 41% of ITA, Flight Friday looks at the flight hours of the "flag carriers" within the Lufthansa group.

This week’s Flight Friday revisits a similar analysis from earlier in 2024, the utilization of CFM Leap and Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)-powered aircraft.

This week’s #FlightFriday focuses on Eastern European (excluding Russian) operators, corresponding with the upcoming MRO BEER event in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Last week's analysis showcased that international flights are back to 2019 levels; this week we look at the "resurgence" of the passenger widebody market.

International flights are back! This week’s #FlightFriday looks at how, finally, international commercial flights have surpassed to 2019 levels.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at how important “previous generation” engine technology is for the current aviation industry.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the recovery in the single engine turboprop market within business aviation.

The business aviation market is dominated by the North American market, with North American operators accounting for over 70% of all flight in 2023.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the split recovery in Latin American operators’ domestic and international utilization profiles.

While overall passenger aircraft recovery in the region is nearly complete, not all operators are equal; each has very different recovery stories.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at aircraft ground days in the narrowbody sector, split by the CFM56, LEAP, PW1000G (GTF), and V2500 engines.

In preparation for Aero-Engines Asia-Pacific, this week’s Flight Friday looks at the utilization of the top five engine manufacturers with Asia-Pacific carriers

Since the post-pandemic peaks of "revenge travel," U.S. carriers have started to change how they use their feeder networks.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the "Big 4" U.S. operators—feeder network is not included in this analysis—with the MRO Americas event fast approaching.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at a selection of North American operators, as the upcoming MRO Americas event is rapidly approaching.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the return of Asia-Pacific region operators (excluding China and India) to pre-pandemic levels of utilization.

With the announcement this week of a Boeing 787 teardown this Flight Friday looks at 787 utilization split out by 787-8, -9, and -10.

This week’s #FlightFriday looks at the A320 family, and their breakdown of their average flight cycles per month showcased by their engine type.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the progress larger Middle East operators have made when compared to 2019 flight utilization.

With the upcoming Singapore Airshow, this week's Flight Friday looks at the impact the removal of China’s zero-COVID policy has had on Asia-Pacific and Chinese operators.

This week's #FlightFriday looks at the recovery of widebody utilization and what that means for the engine OEMs.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the effects caused by the engine issues with the CFM Leap and the Pratt & Whitney GTF (PW1000G).

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the aviation industry’s latest hot topic—the Boeing 737 MAX 9.

This week's Flight Friday looks under the hood at Indian operator utilization.

With 2023 wrapping up generally on a high in the aviation industry, it is time to look back and see how 2023 faired when compared to 2019.