May 2010

Why would someone want to become an airline pilot
in the US in 2010?

Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing,” Winston Churchill is said to have remarked before adding mischievously, “Once all other possibilities have been exhausted.” Sometime in the not-too-distant future...

IndiGo and SpiceJet battle one another and the network airlines in the battle for Indian traffic.

After nearly a decade of rapid growth, the US regional airline industry is facing some challenging headwinds.

Makers of regional aircraft await the recovery in airplane orders but move forward on new and derivative programs.

As 2010 opened, airlines in the Philippines had reason to look to the future with some measure of optimism amid the first signs of recovery appearing on the radar. This is a country where the geography and demographics are ideal for the growth of air transportation. In fact, it consists of  7,107 islands that are home to the world’s 12th largest population, 90 million, with a growth rate of 2%.

Dusseldorf International Airport thrives on a mix of network airlines, hybrids, leisure carriers and LCCs.

Pilots transitioning to the 747-8 from the 747-400 will feel at home while benefiting from advances in avionics and systems.

Includes:

• World airline traffic
• Top 20 airlines system traffic
• Jet fuel prices
• Exchange rates

Includes:

• World Airline Traffic
• World Airport Traffic
• IATA Fuel Prices
• Aircraft Data
• Aircraft Values
• Aircraft Deliveries
• US Major and National Airline Traffic
• US Ontime Performance
• U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption
• US Mishandled Baggage
• US Consumer Complaints