Airbus
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Marty St George Visits The Air Show + The Spirit Bankruptcy
We don’t do interviews often at The Air Show, but when we do, we make sure it’s someone you really want to…
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The A321XLR – Revolution or Replacement?
I did a comprehensive look at long-haul, narrowbody flying recently, and now it’s time to think more about the future. On Thursday,…
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Spirit Airlines Halts Growth Plans and Things Could Get Uglier
If you happen to be around the Fort Lauderdale airport and hear a grinding sound, don’t worry. It’s not an airplane’s mechanical…
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A Quick Note on the Delta A350-1000 Order
It’s a holiday, so I normally wouldn’t post today. But I have a backup of things I want to write about, so you…
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is…
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Cranky on the Web: Summer Travel, Airport People Mover, Southwest CEO, and Airbus Isolation Tents
It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are…
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3 Links I Love: A 5 Year Recovery, Mitsubishi Hurting, Ryanair Denies Airbus
This week’s featured link COVID-19 Outlook for air travel in the next 5 years – IATAThis presentation has all kinds of interesting…
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3 Links I Love: Shrinking A350 Seats, Zunum Death Watch, Seattle’s N Gates
This week’s featured link: Airbus changes tack on seat comfort, posits ‘sub-economy’ on A350 – Runway Girl NetworkOh Airbus. The company loves…
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The A321XLR Will Enable the 757 to Retire, But It is More Than Just a Replacement
Boeing remains so bogged down with both the 737 MAX grounding and engine issues plaguing other fleets that it hasn’t been able…
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3 Links I Love: Mitsubishi Targets the US, A Successful A380, Iceland’s Wow Pain
This week’s featured link: Mitsubishi to turn MRJ into cheaper, smaller ‘Space Jet’ – Nikkei Asian ReviewIt is going to be really…
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Did an Airbus A330 Have the Same Problem as the 737 MAX? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time for another edition of Ask Cranky and today, it provides a good excuse to write more about Boeing’s 737 MAX…
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American’s Widebody Plans Crystallize with 787 Order, A350 Cancellation
What American would do with its widebody fleet has been top of mind for a whole lot of people lately. In the…