American Trans Air did not appear in the Top 50 ranking of charter carriers which ran in Airline Business October 2002. However, it has now supplied the following data: In 2001 Amtran carried 1,128,660 charter leisure passengers, down by 23%. That would have ranked it at 24th place in the survey. It offered 28% less charter capacity in 2001 while passenger charter load factor rose 3.3 points to 77.7%.
Source: Airline Business
Spirit Airlines became the latest airline on 1 August to say it had deferred deliveries of new Airbus A320neo-family jets, a move coming amid competitive pressure and operational upheavals caused by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine problems
There is a sense among people who study Boeing that the company’s board of directors made a very good decision in picking longtime aerospace executive Kelly Ortberg to succeed David Calhoun as chief executive.
Boeing chief executive David Calhoun thinks the company could have its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the first half of 2025, while cautioning that the regulator will determine ultimate timing.
