Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter in 2018, Mark was a reporter and data analyst for Air Transport World.
At the 2018 two-month mark, Airbus leads rival Boeing in new commercial aircraft orders with 60 firm bookings, valued at approximately $13.3 billion at list prices, compared to Boeing’s 47 new orders, valued at $10.1 billion.
Chicago-based United Airlines assumed “full responsibility” for the death of a passenger’s dog on United flight 1284 from Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport to New York LaGuardia Airport the evening of March 12.
A combination of temporary factors—the timing of the Lunar New Year, alongside strong air passenger growth a year earlier—caused the global air passenger market to show only 4.6% year-over-year (YOY) growth in January, its slowest rate since March 2014, according to IATA’s January Air Passenger Market Analysis.
