FlightFriday

We look at the latest generation engines CFM LEAP and Pratt & Whitney GTF against the well-established "legacy" engines CFM56 and IAE V2500.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the North American market through the lens of aircraft classes.

This week we look at the U.S. "Medium 4" operators in terms of number of scheduled movements.

This week we examine the recovery of passenger flights across the Middle East and Africa.

Russia's domestic traffic has begun to drop below the equivalent month in 2019, suggesting sanctions on aircraft and engine parts may be having an effect.

The first group to return to 100% of 2019 levels was the Latin America narrowbody market, which returned to pre-2019 levels in April 2022.

China was the last large market to remove COVID restrictions, and it is anticipated that the international travel shall continue to rebound.

Helicopter In Service Fleet (ISF) is expected to grow from ~21,500 in 2023 to over 24,000 in 2032.

Middle East carriers thrive on transit passengers through the major Middle Eastern hubs, however, the COVID outbreak put a halt on international traffic.

Overall, January 2023 Latin America flights are almost at 95% of January 2019, showing positive progress to ‘pre-pandemic’ levels.

Good news as the global commercial aviation market continues its rebound from the COVID-19 crisis, with domestic aircraft usage now above pre-pandemic levels.

We take a look at the data behind the post-COVID resurgence in business aviation and work out whether it's a trend which will continue.

Asia Pacific has taken a little longer to open up compared to other regions of the world, and it results in a very slow and gradual climb from the end of 2021

AWIN data shows that from June 2022, flight hours have been above 80% of their equivalent month in 2019.