Are The World’s Regional Airlines Dying?
KEY POINTS:
- Is the regional airline market across the globe dying?
- Many think so. Certainly, the market demand for the regional jet is shrinking in the 10- and 20-year market forecasts. Bombardier withdrew from the market as demand for its aging CRJ family shriveled. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries killed its RJ SpaceJet program as delays and development costs mounted. Bombardier also exited its turboprop airliner business. ATR is now the sole producer of large turboprops outside China and Russia.
- Embraer is now the sole producer of regional jets outside of China and Russia, and it doesn’t even want to call the E-Jet a regional airliner.
- Regional airlines in the US face a continuing and growing shortage of pilots. Those in Europe face pressure from environmentalists to the governments to ban short-haul flights in favor of trains.
- Despite these challenges and the conclusions of some that the regional airline business is dying, regional carriers take exception to these conclusions.
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Upping The Retirement Age for Pilots to 67 is Facing Fierce Opposition…From Pilots
KEY POINTS:
- Pilots and flight attendant unions are sounding alarms at an attempt in Congress to raise the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots by two years to 67.
- The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, which reauthorizes funding for the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years, includes an amendment that would raise the mandatory retirement age for pilots from 65 to 67. House bill 3935 was approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 14 after a House subcommittee tacked on the amendment to alter the age commercial airline pilots have to step down.
- The Regional Airline Association is supportive of the House bill, stating the age change is “modest” and allows for the retention of more experienced captains, who can in turn fly alongside and mentor new first officers, to stabilize attrition. Concerns have been rising over the crippling shortage of pilots that has accumulated over the last several decades.
- The Allied Pilots Association, the union representing American Airlines’ 15,000 pilots, vocalized its opposition to the bill, citing safety issues and health. In 2023, 712 American pilots will reach retirement age. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association anticipates 85 pilots will retire in 2023.
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Biggest Plane Deal In History: Airbus Clinches Massive Order
KEY POINTS:
- Airbus has just landed the biggest-ever aircraft order in the history of commercial aviation.
- The French aerospace giant announced Monday that budget Indian airline IndiGo had placed an order for 500 of its A320 planes, to be delivered between 2030 and 2035.
- The deal sets “the record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation,” Airbus (EADSY) said in a statement, and brings the total number of Airbus (EADSY) planes IndiGo has ordered to 1,330.
- Founded in 2006, IndiGo is India’s top airline by market share, according to its website. It flew 86 million customers in the last financial year.
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United 737 Clips Delta Plane
KEY POINTS:
- On Friday evening, the wing of a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX clipped the tail of a Delta Air Lines Airbus A321 while taxiing at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). United ended up canceling the flight, while Delta passengers traveled on an alternative aircraft at a delay of around five hours.
- The incident is said to have occurred at around 18:30 on Friday evening - a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating flight UA369 from Boston to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) was taxiing to a holding pad at Boston when its left winglet impacted with the tail of a Delta A321 awaiting takeoff clearance en route to Detroit Metro Airport (DTW).
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2023 HIRING EVENTS
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | JUL 24-29
OBAP | AUG 9-11 | MSY
LPA | SEP 14-16 | ISM
RTAG | OCT 7-8 | FTW