Commercial Aviation

Smooth Touchdown into Retirement, starring the A340-500 (Part B)

Continuing from Part A, this analysis will provide insights on why the Airbus A340-500 provide optimul efficency to commercial airlines....

By Shihal Sapry With only a handful of aircraft in passenger service with airlines, the sun has set on the A340-500. The A340-500 is a...

By Shihal Sapry This is an Etihad Airways inspired analysis. San Francisco is losing one of their Middle Eastern connections as Etihad...

By Shihal Sapry With Etihad Airways officially retired their last A340-600 service, this analysis will focus on the twilight of A340-600....

By Shihal Sapry Cathay Pacific converted 6 A350-1000's to the smaller A350-900 variant back in last year. This was announced when the...

By Shihal Sapry In the final installment of our Lufthansa overcapacity analysis, we will evaluate where the 777-X fits in. More...

By Shihal Sapry Continuing from Part B. Part C involves the largest aircraft in Lufthansa's fleet, the A380-800. We will explore routes...

By Shihal Sapry We use the term "Hot and High" to indicate an airfield that is at a rather high elevation above sea level and that has...

By Shihal Sapry Continuing from Part A. Part B involves the 747-400 and 747-8I. Again, we STRONGLY recommend you to read this analysis on...

By Shihal Sapry With the airline planning to defer 777-X deliveries, the question does come to mind. This analysis focuses only on the...