MONDAY FLASH ARCHIVE
Monday Insight – December 4, 2023
The Alaska/Hawaiian Deal A Change In Ownership, Not A True Merger To cut to the chase and through what will likely be a media-wallow about the evils of a constricting ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 27, 2023
Quick Recap: The Thanksgiving Meltdown That Didn’t Happen The holiday is over. The scenes of mass confusion and huddled masses yearning to enplane flights massively delayed were not to be ... Read More
Monday Update – November 6, 2023
Note: Website Update In Progress Monday Insight Will Be Back 11/20 JetBlue Acquisition of Spirit A Consumer-Positive Deal Under Attack By Consumerist Luddites The administration’s opposition to JetBlue acquiring Spirit ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 30, 2023
Boeing Loss – Beyond the Numbers How Boeing does will affect the USA economy, not to mention the health of the aviation industry. A $1.6 B loss on $18.1 B ... Read More
Monday Update – October 23, 2023
The Small Community Air Access Conundrum It’s Not A Pilot Shortage. It’s A Fleet Evaporation Here’s a hard fact: Too many small communities are banking on recruiting air service for ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 16, 2023
The End of The “Regional Airline” Sector Is Now In Sight Summary: The costs at small lift providers (a.k.a. misnamed “regional airlines”) are going up beyond levels that the fleets ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 9, 2023
Israel/Hamas Example: An Urgent Message For USA Airports “To a trained terrorist, our airports have the security of a laundromat.” Mike Boyd quoted in the Wall Street Journal, July 1997 ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 2, 2023
Rural & Small Community Air Service In Many Cases, The Aircraft No Longer Exist It’s a common thread in the air service development field. Gaining more air service access – ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 25, 2023
Bogus Counterfeit Airliner Parts: What Is The FAA Plan? At least four airlines have discovered that some engines have parts with forged airworthiness certificates installed on their airliners. The details ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 18, 2023
Fact: Traditional Airline Economics Are Now Hollowed Out Stand By For Tectonic Changes In In Air Transportation Remember the airline business of year 2023? It’s gone. American. United. Delta. Spirit ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 11, 2023
Remembering 9/11: Terrorists Are Not The Main Threat. It’s Incompetence On This Side That’s The Danger. The date 9/11/2001 – the worst intelligence failure in history on the part of ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 4, 2023
American Tarmac Fine: It’s More About DOT Credibility Than An Airline The news is out. “American Airlines Fined $4.1 Million For Tarmac Delays.” It’s a story that has been accepted ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 28, 2023
The Red Way Airline Collapse. Lessons Learned? Or $3 Million Wasted On Civic Hubris & Bad Data? The sudden failure of the Red Way airline experiment at Lincoln, Nebraska has ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 21, 2023
The FAA Administrator Fiasco: The Senate Is Threatening Air Safety (But It’s Wonderfully Bipartisan) The beat goes on. The air transportation system proceeds without leadership or direction at the top ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 14, 2023
The Economic Smoke Signals Are We Looking At The 1929 of Air Travel Demand? When key economic dynamics falter, historically so does growth in air travel demand. Is the hard-wired ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 7, 2023
Industry Arrivals & Departures It’s New Nonstop Service In Mother Russia – Even On The Runway, Maybe. There are reports that some Russian airlines are making relying on reverse thrust ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 31, 2023
Customer Service Staff Are The Airlines’ Front Line. But Who Are They Really Working For? Let’s get clear: The US DOT is now armed and ready to take on the ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 24, 2023
Tossing Money Down Proven Rat Holes FAA Re-Authorization Has Failed Small Communities Yup, this goes counter to all the glowing me-too stories about the Herculean heroics accomplished by congress in ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 17, 2023
Buttigieg & Biden Tell Airlines: Eliminate Those Nasty Junk Fees. (Unless They’re Our Junk Fees) A few weeks ago, we were entertained by a great stand-up Washington stage performance. The ... Read More
Monday Insight: July 10, 2023
ATC: The New Lethal Blow To Small Community Local Airport Service Let’s cut to the chase and stop the political ballroom dance around small community air service. It was challenging ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 19, 2023
The FAA Reauthorization – Defrauding Small Communities of The Truth Yes, I know. Virtually every aviation alphabet organization, labor union, and random association within a couple of zip codes of ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 26, 2023
Electric Aviation. Becoming A Victim of Hype? McKinsey just came out with a glowing report on the future of “regional air mobility” that’s being made possible primarily via introduction of ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 12, 2023
OPENING POINT: We are talking here candidly and bluntly regarding a critical issue, one that directly involves safety and which demands active industry input. If you agree with this Monday ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 5, 2023
Five Widely-Circulating Airline Myths With all the fake news about airlines and air service, the general public is getting led down the path of total confusion. One example was the ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 15, 2023
Air Service Quality Surveys & Reporting: Choose Whatever Fits Your View Consumer satisfaction regarding airline service apparently is a function of whatever media channel you tune into. Or, whatever airline ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 8, 2023
A Glance At Aviation Media Coverage. Or, Non-Coverage. Just took a quick look at a lot of the media reporting on aviation issues. Funny, but it’s really clear that the ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 1, 2023
Truth. Precisely Spoken, But Not Understood. The Tough Decisions Facing Small Community Air Access Summary: It’s Time Reality Was Faced. Small Communities Need To Develop Next-Phase Communication Strategies. Local Air ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 24, 2023
Air Service Access Planning: A Message From Western Union. We’re talking about telegrams. It was once the fastest way of communication over long distances. Used as late as the 1960s, ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 17, 2023
Some Points of Interest To Consider This Week… China – USA Traffic: Wake Up & Smell The Potential Cordite Take this to the bank, or to ‘Vegas: There is no ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 10, 2023
Rural Air Service Meets Artificial Intelligence In Pennsylvania. Politicians Are Promising Legislation To Bring Back An Airline System That No Longer Exists. It seems two congressmen have submitted separate legislation ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 3, 2023
So, Why Are Communities Working So Hard To Bring Back The Past? The New Realities & Opportunities of The USA Air Transportation System In the last two weeks, three communities ... Read More
Monday Insight: March 27, 2023
United Air Taxi Announcement A Huge Potential. But Lots Of Challenges To Get Handled. The great news is United’s plan to implement eVTOL service from downtown Chicago to O’Hare and ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 20, 2023
Frontier Pulls Back – And Not Due To Pilot Shortage Frontier has announced at least 14 routes will be dropped by the end of May. A couple of them – ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 13, 2023
Before We Start: Clear your calendar for Wednesday March 16. Aviation Unscripted is featuring an exciting new Vox Deorum video session. If you’re interested in how air service is evolving, ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 6, 2023
The Seat Size Bugaboo Continues Makes Great Press – But Fake News A federal appeals court just tossed out a lawsuit from a consumer gadfly organization intending to force the ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 27, 2023
Two Issues For This Week FAA Front And Center On our latest Touch & Go newsletter, we outlined the recent safety events that have been encountered at airports across the ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 20, 2022
Holiday Schedule. Standby… The Monday Update is posted 21 February due US Presidents holiday. Regional Air Service Planning: Arriving At The Gate After The Fleet’s Retired In the current Aviation ... Read More
Monday Update – February 13, 2023
Airport Air Service Management: Too Bad Houdini’s No Longer Available Just came across an article regarding a small airport on the East Coast. Seems the airport board is fixin’ to ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 6, 2023
Forecast: Potential Trans-Pacific Traffic Free Fall There’s no point in trying to dodge the facts. This Chinese balloon incident has set in motion a set of game-changing dynamics that may ... Read More
Monday Update – January 23, 2023
The China Travel Future That Isn’t, Anymore. Multi-Billions of Chinese Spend Not Coming Back To USA Airports & Venues Here’s a figure: fourteen billion dollars. That’s what Chinese leisure visitors ... Read More
Weekly Monday Update – January 16, 2023
Before we start this week… The Update is being posted on Tuesday, January 17, in observance of the Martin Luther King Holiday. To start, we’d point out that Dr. King’s ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 9, 2023
Mexico As A Vacation Destination. Warm Sun… Or Hot Lead? The latest BGI Touch & Go Insight Newsletter included a review of the potential air service fallout from the violence ... Read More
Tuesday – January 3, 2023
Happy New Year! The Southwest “Point-to-Point” Lore Facts v Trendy Assumptions In the media din surrounding the Southwest Black Holiday fiasco, the usual suspects on the margins of aviation knowledge ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 26, 2022
Looking At 2023: Overall, A Lot of Positives But A Couple of Distant Events That Could Blow It All To Smithereens Today, the Boyd Group International Aviation Trend Forecast for ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 19, 2022
Boom Supersonic Engine Program. The Real Story Is The Media Reaction. The usual suspects in the all-knowing luddite corner of the media are jumping into their water dishes in a ... Read More
Monday Update – December 12, 2022
Media Discussions of The Chinese C919 Airliner: Like Trying To Predict Last Week’s Football Game. With the recent “revelations” of Boeing getting cut out of China – something we covered ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 28, 2022
Year 2023: Air Service Planning: Reality Settles In Reality One: Airline Re-Fleeting – No, There Is No Pilot Rescue For Small Communities Let’s start with this. It is most unfortunate ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 21, 2022
Three Preliminary Observations – Aviation 2023 One: The Main Attraction – ULCCs Move Out of The Model. For Network Carriers, It’s DEFCON 1. For the first time in 20 years, ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 21, 2022
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Monday Insight will be published next week, November 28. ______________________ eVTOL Programs – Amid The Excitement, Some Key Challenges American, Delta and United have ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 7, 2022
We’re Taking On The Media Stampede Regarding Airline Seat Size, and we’ll be reviewing the latest Aviation Unscripted video. The Fourth Estate: Damn The Facts. Full Speed Ahead! We’d suggest ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 31, 2022
The Effects of The Pilot Shortage: Part Real. For Small Communities, A Lot Mirage. It’s the staple headline in just about every story regarding loss of scheduled flights at a ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 24, 2022
Small Community “Commercial Service” – A Term That’s Undefined & Mis-Understood For those who receive Boyd Group International’s weekly Touch & Go aviation update, this past week we pointed out ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 17, 2022
Before We Start… The Pilot Shortage – The Real Story Enough hype and smoke regarding the effects of the “pilot shortage.” It’s real, but it’s totally different in foundation and ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 10, 2022
Monday Insight Is Paused For the USA National Holiday. In the meantime, check out the latest Aviation Unscripted video just posted. It covers areas every airport, community and aviation company ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 3, 2022
The Post-Ian Florida Vulnerability – The Impulse Capacity Bubble Just Got Punctured For several Florida airports, hurricane Ian just accelerated entry to the New Year. The hit to air traffic ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 26, 2022
The Fantasy Is Over. ASD Is Out. Now, It’s Airport Economic Development When there is change, there is confusion and situations ripe for consumers to be taken for a ride ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 19, 2022
When Truth & Accuracy Are Politically Smothered… It’s usually okay to let really stupid and ignorant comments from ill-informed pandering politicians just slide. But not this time. _________________ “The United ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 12, 2022
Before We Start: Remembering 9/11 Let’s Do It Honestly, Without Political Correctness… It’s now 21 years. Naturally, time to remember those who lost their lives that day, and the possibly ... Read More
Monday Update – September 5, 2022
US Labor Day Edition In recognition of the Labor Day Holiday, we’ll be back next week with a complete Update. Lots of things to discuss, including the expected decline in ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 29, 2020
Following Up: JetBlue/Spirit All Quiet On The Merger Front? It is still amazing that so many folks are assuming that the primary goal of B6 is to acquire the route ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 22, 2022
The New Unseen Shortage – Airliners Can’t have air service without airplanes. Airplanes that can make money with current and expected market factors. Let’s start with this. Time to get ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 15, 2022
Before We Start With This Week’s Insight – The latest Aviation Unscripted video is now on line. This edition is a Vox Deorum airport planning discussion with Lawrence Krauter, CEO ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 8, 2022
Let’s Start With A Challenge To Consensus Thinking The Guide To The New Air Service Access Realities Discarding Obsolete Approaches Air service dynamics were completely evolving even before the arrival ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 1, 2022
Spirit/JetBlue Deal: It’s An Asset Acquisition, Not A Route System Merger. Spirit-Served Airports Should Get Prepared. We all were wrong. At least initially. The general consensus has been that a ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 25, 2002
The New Role of International Traffic – Affecting Airports Across USA In 2023 We need not touch too much on the fallout of EU airports as they evolve into competition ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 18, 2022
Subsidy Dollars For Leisure Passengers? The EAS Program Is A Nightmare For Everybody – DOT Included It Doesn’t Connect To The Air Transportation System. It Only Serves A Small Part ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 11, 2022
Newsflash For Small Communities: It’s A Growing Shortage of Airplanes, Not Pilots What If We Had An Airline System And No Airplanes Showed Up? It’s a play on an old ... Read More
Weekly Insight – July 5, 2022
Insight posted on Tuesday, July 5 in observance of USA Independence Day holiday. _______ The Airline Service Quagmire – Cruisin’ For A Federal Bruisin’ The levels of consumer angst regarding ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 27, 2020
Before We Start This Week… Clear Your Calendar For This Friday, July 1 Time for some clear, direct and politically-incorrect discussion of today’s air service chaos. This Friday, July 1, ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 20, 2022
Delays & Cancellations: Airlines Lost In Space (And O’Hare, Too) Robot: “Warning, Will Robinson… Alien life forms are approaching…” The stories are coming in a flood… airlines reportedly have been ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 13, 2022
Goodness! Aeroflot Is Going To An All-Russian Fleet! Boeing Isn’t Likely Shell Shocked Yessir, with their whole fleets of Boeing and Airbus airliners bottled up due to Ukraine-related sanctions, Russia’s ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 6, 2022
Air Traffic: The Storm Clouds Are Gathering Open question regarding air traffic growth: Is the well-known substance about to hit the electrical convenience? Yes, there are lots of press releases ... Read More
Observance of Memorial Day. Monday Insight Returns June 6
Notice: Monday Insight To Be Published Next Week In recognition of the US Memorial Day Holiday, the Monday Insight will be back on June 6. In the meantime, check out ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 23, 2022
Update! Delaware Still Isolated From The Globe! Never has the loss of two weekly flights to Orlando caused more media tail-chasing. It makes great headlines… “Delaware The Only State Without ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 16, 2022
Let’s Stop The Charade… Passenger Traffic Growth Will Hit A Brick Wall In 4Q 4022 Watch For A Media 180 By End of May… The Airports:USA® forecasts have indicated for ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 9, 2022
Batteries Not Included? Disclaimer. Gotta be careful with what we say, apparently, now that there’s an official TSA Disinformation Department monitoring folks who may stray from official dogma. Like the ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 2, 2022
Fourth Quarter Projected Air Transport Demand Forecast The latest Airports:USA® projections are not comforting. The rebound in post CCP-pandemic traffic is slowing. Percent of 2019 Capacity: Declines to under 80% ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 25, 2020
Electric Airliners… When The CO2 Cheering Is Over, How ‘Bout The Unintended Operational & Moral Issues? Warning. We are going to the edge on this Insight… and maybe a couple ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 18, 2022
Small Community Air Service Access… It’s An Economic Issue… Not A Pilot Issue. And It’s Not Always At The Local Aerodrome. We are excited to issue an update to Swelbar-Zhong/Boyd ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 11, 2022
Life After Air Service Development Programs Economic Refugee Companies – The New Small Airport Opportunity Lots of huddled aviation-related masses, yearning to be free… The flaw in most aviation and ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 4, 2022
Enplanement Demand Watch On Inertia For Now, But Airlines Are Taking Few Chances Between staff shortages, fuel spikes and inflation, the US airline industry is likely once again in full ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 28, 2022
This Week… Watch For Falling Route Systems Inflation – or, the anticipation of more of the same – has apparently hit the route planning departments of most major airline systems ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 21, 2022
Quick Note: A few sections of the media may be in full non-factual swing this morning. The tragedy of the China Eastern accident did not involve a 737Max. The CAAC ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 14, 2022
Small Community Air Service Access Loss: The “Pilot Shortage” Is Just The Messenger Last week SkyWest – operating as United Express – announced it wanted out of Essential Air Service ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 7, 2022
Airports:USA® Ukraine Contingency Forecast: 10% – 15% Reduction In National Enplanements. Incoming! The effects of the Ukraine invasion are now starting to invade the USA air transportation system. Oil prices ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 28, 2022
The Ukraine Mess – Air Service Fallout Is Coming Home To USA And It May Keep Some Travel Dollars Home, Too Let’s cut to the chase. This isn’t ‘Vegas. What’s ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 21, 2022
The Monday Insight Is On Hiatus Recognizing The US Holiday… But… Be sure to clear your calendar this Thursday, February 24, for the next Boyd+Swelbar Unvarnished Video. You really don’t ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 14, 2022
Yes! More Combinations Coming… But Not Where Consumers Will See It Frontier/Spirit Merger – Not Much To See And Not Much Consumer Fallout, Either. The expected din from the usual ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 7, 2022
China-US Traffic Collapse… Maybe Good News For Omaha & Spokane United has “postponed” flights from LAX, SFO, ORD and IAD to points in China. In most cases, for nine months ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 31, 2022
Before We Start This Week: Got Some Ideas On Aviation Future? Here’s Your Channel. We again want to thank the folks who are making Boyd+Swelbar Unvarnished successful… we’re hoping to ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 24, 2022
Rural/Regional Air Access: Just One Example of 1950s Planning Dogma The USA really needs a complete thought overhaul when it comes to the role of air transportation as a communication ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 17, 2020
Monday Insight – Observing The Dr.King Holdiday We’ll be back next week! _____________________ January 10, 2022 The Meteors Have Hit… The Dinosaurs Haven’t Noticed We Have… Announcing A New Aviation ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 3, 2022
A Happy & Healthy New Year To All! ____________ Before we start, a quick reminder of something coming in 2022:____________ Boeing China Situation – Whose Pocket Is Wall Street In? ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 27, 2021
Before we get started… There’s something new coming in aviation analysis ______ Saying What’s Obvious, But Verboten… Air Service Access Planning: Using Analog Metrics In A Digital Future The year ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 20, 2021
Before We Start… There’s A New Video Concept Coming In Aviation Analysis… ____________________ Hard Facts & New Better Air Service Regionalization of Air Access Isn’t Coming. It’s Already In Progress… ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 13, 2021
Air Service Access: Change Can’t Be Stopped With Another Market Study But Good News: Air Service Isn’t The Only Area That’s Evolving Heresy: There Is Life After Delta. And American ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 6, 2021
On The Edge of Heresy Battery/Electric Powered Aircraft: There’s A Moral Responsibility To Consider Over the next six months, all manner of paper mâché gurus will be tripping over each ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 22, 2021
Small Community Air Service – The Solution Is Already Spreading Ignoring Aviation Realities Just Delays Progress To address a problem, it first has to be accurately understood. Otherwise, it’s not ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 15, 2021
To Start: Late Monday Insight Update: The Cuts Are Starting American has just cut 21% of its formerly-filed capacity for January, and 20% in February. Some of the commentary will ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 8, 2021
The Folks In Washington Are Fixin’ To Reshape Aviation Planning Starts NOW… Or Should Have Started Long Ago. It is not another shopworn cliche – aviation in five years won’t ... Read More
Monday Insights – November 1, 2021
More On Boeing… Watching Global Effects At Three US Airports The global economy, as we’ve pointed out in our Airports:USA forecast program, is a major underpinning of domestic air travel ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 25, 2021
China’s Air Traffic Hits A Brick Wall… Is The USA In Similar Danger? Let’s cut to the bottom line. At BGI we monitor major trends in global aviation. One of ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 18, 2021
Connectivity –The Real Challenge For Rural America Let’s grab a third rail – a sacred belief – a mantra not to be questioned. There’s a new air service structure in ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 27, 2021
DOT United Fine – A Wake-Up Call For The Airline Industry The lines are drawn, at least at the DOT. It would be best that the U.S. airline industry fully ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 20, 2021
Change of Insight Direction… “Fall” May Be Not Just In The Air… … But At The Nation’s Airports, Too – More Danger Signs Boyd Group International is now forecasting that ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 6, 2021
The Monday Insight is observing the U.S. Labor Day holiday, and will return next week. Be Sure To Join Us… here’s what we’re looking at: Boeing: We’ll be reviewing the ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 30, 2021
Fallout From Afghanistan Could Hit Our Airports For Real “Several Thousands.” That was the indication from the people in Washington regarding the number of prisoners who have been apparently released ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 23, 2021
Latest Aviation Unscripted Video: More Evidence of Traffic Slowdown “… the company believes the recent negative effects of the pandemic on August and September revenue trends will make it difficult ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 16, 2021
Enplanement Projections Reduced by 30 Million: Airports:USA® Now Reflects Growing Travel Uncertainty Even If Contained Here, The CCP-Virus Elsewhere May Hit The US Economy Yikes. It would be really great ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 9, 2021
Cuba – U.S. Air Traffic Revisiting The Mirage In Boyd Group International’s 2009-2015 air service demand studies on Cuba, it was determined that Cuba was likely the biggest single new ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 2, 2021
Well, There’s At Least One Thing Reimposing Mask Mandates Can Stop… … A Rebound In Air Traffic Uncertainty. Misinformation. Innuendo. Great ways to kill off consumer confidence in regard to ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 26, 2021
Four Trends To Watch In The Fourth Quarter The news, generally, is good… as of today. Passenger numbers are coming back on a national basis. Airlines appear confident, with financial ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 28, 2021
Okay, Time For Some Hard Answers 9-11 Uncovering The Truth… 20 Years Later Entering into the 20th year since the 9-11 attack, it is a lead pipe cinch that we’re ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 7, 2021
United’s SST Order: No, It’s Not Concorde Phase II Almost on que, right after last week’s Monday Insight regarding how the failure of the Aerion business jet project was not ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 24, 2021
Breeze – Brazen Airline Planning Heresy Last month, we put on line an edition of Aviation Unscripted that outlined how many traditional air service planning metrics have not just changed, ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 17, 2021
Air Traffic Growth Trends: Don’t Misread The Clouds on The Horizon. Expansion’s Coming. But Just Not Where Traditionally Expected. As of today, it appears that capacity in June will likely ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 10, 2021
Summer Traffic Spike – It’s Restructuring. Not Recovery To Pre-CCP-Covid. We’ve noted in the latest Touch & Go newsletter sent to our clients & friends that the now-in-progress spike in ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 19, 2021
The Magic 18 Inches of Health Protection Never has seat 21E had the importance and health benefits it does today. It’s a middle seat, and the shamans in Washington are ... Read More
Monday Insight – April 5, 2021
Traffic Forecast – Continued Strength But 2019 Passenger Levels A Long Way Off The latest Airports:USA® long-term forecast indicates just under 620 million enplanements for 2021. Based on known and ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 29, 2021
Airline Market Planning – The New Template Emerging In regard to air access planning (in the pre-CCP-pandemic period, formerly referred to as “air service development”) it’s now clear that the ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 22, 2021
Recovery In The US Airline Industry – Selectively Last week,based on data from our friends at Cirium, U.S. air carriers slashed another almost 30% out of the already-filed April schedules… ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 15
March 22 Insight To Be Posted Shortly! The Traffic Picture – U.S. Positive. International Not So The Main Concern – Changing Policies From The Economic Hobbyists In Washington We can ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 8, 2021
Follow Fleet Trends & See The Future Where fleet trends go, passenger volume goes along. Every part of aviation forecasting is driven by one core metric: the fleets that airlines ... Read More
Monday Insight – March 1, 2021
From Airports:USA® The New Traffic Driver: Economic Migration No, the air transportation system is not going to return to the happy days of 2019. The national economy has changed – ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 22, 2020
Dealing With The Pandemic – Or, More Accurately The Perpetrators of Same Something very troubling took place in Washington last week. It involves the handling of the CCP-Covid pandemic… it ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 15, 2021
Why The Air Travel Recovery May Be Slower Than Expected The Dogma in Washington is now in full swing. Facts not withstanding, real-world outcomes are to be ignored. Now that ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 8, 2021
Airlines: Get Ready For Political Target Practice – On You The perfunctory and necessary courtesies of the travel industry warmly welcoming a new Secretary of Transportation are behind us. The ... Read More
Monday Insight – February 1, 2021
Canada’s Air Transportation System – (Not) On Life Support The China-CCP Virus Continues to Win. Last week’s Aviation Unscripted video covered the dire situation faced by Canada’s airline system. Air ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 25, 2020
The “Average Fare” Fantasy It’s a quarterly ritual. The BTS publishes “average fares” for airports across the nation, and summarizes an “average national air fare.” Then the media stories start, ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 11, 2021
____________ Fleet Strategies: Harbinger of New Air Transportation System U.S. airlines are fundamentally shifting fleet plans. Quietly. It will be the metal airlines choose to operate that will determine the ... Read More
Monday Insight – January 4, 2021
Before We Start… Airline Relief Is Welcome – But Is It More of A New Gas Cap In An Emerging Tesla World? The relief funding for airlines is great news… ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 28, 2020
The Airline CCP-Covid Relief Plan Good News – But Where Are These Off-Furlough Employees Going To Work? It is great news that 32,000 furloughed airline employees will see their pay ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 14, 2020
This week, let’s cover some points regarding China-U.S. travel… From The Creators of The China-CCP Pandemic: Flight Attendants – Cover Your Face. Use Gloves. Wash Your Hands… … And Don’t ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 7, 2020
Air Service 2021: Let’s Wake Up & Smell The Cash Burn Last summer, it appeared that the air transportation industry was rebounding strongly. June, July and August indicated a traffic ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 30, 2020
Preliminary 2021 Projection #1 The U.S. Air Transportation Structure: Not Geared For The Present – But Plan On Big Changes In 2021 Regardless of the industry, adjustments need to be ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 23, 2020
Latest Projection: 2020 Traffic To Further Lag… Year 2019 Levels: Not Until 2024 Some positive news – Thanksgiving travel is shaping up to be relatively strong… despite “warnings” from a ... Read More
Monday Insight – November 9, 2020
Before We Start This Week: Aviation Unscripted’s Growing Viewership When we opened our YouTube page, Aviation Unscripted last spring, our intent was to provide a new channel with short videos ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 19, 2020
Monday 26 October Insight – In Progress… To Be Posted Shortly! ________________ 25th IAFS™ – The Most Successful & Productive Yet! We want to again thank our hosts, sponsors and ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 5, 2020
IAFS Update… We are excited to announce that Mr. Joe Esposito of Delta Air Lines will be joining us at the International Aviation Forecast Summit, October 11-13 in Cincinnati, USA ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 26, 2020
Announcing… Airport Success Planning In The New Environment From Boyd Group International Here’s a not so subtle fact or two… Between 2021 and 2025, US airports will see 1.5 billion ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 21, 2020
Impulse Air Cargo – The Next Trend In Logistics Time is the new major cost component of 21st century business. The old adage that “time is money” is coming into ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 14, 2020
Before we start… International Aviation Forecast Summit Shaping Up To Be Largest Yet! We are excited at the registrations – on-site and virtual – coming in for the 25th IAFS ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 31, 2020
Before We Start This Week… United Airlines Gets Service-Aggressive Last week’s Monday Insight outlined the need for airlines to respond to the new competition from other modes of communication. We ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 24, 2020
The Unseen Airline Industry Crisis Changes. Disruption. Pretty much describes the situation facing the U.S. airline industry. Except one other dynamic that hasn’t yet fully been grasped or even identified… ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 17, 2020
Getting A Grip On Air Access Realities For The Post-China/CCP Covid Epoch Small Community Air Access Planning Needs To Wake Up To The 21st Century “…As of 2018, 63% of ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 10, 2020
Before We Start Update – New Dates International Aviation Forecast Summit We’re excited to report that all of our planned sessions for the 25th International Aviation Forecast Summit remain in ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 3, 2020
The Biggest Change In The Airline Industry In 40 Years Is Coming October 1… To Cover It, We’re Rescheduling The International Aviation Forecast Summit On October 1, the U.S. airline ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 27, 2020
Major Fleet Shifts & Small Capacity Crunch On The Horizon If the economic recovery continues – even at a slower pace – air traffic volume will follow strongly. But the ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 20, 2020
China-US Traffic: O&D With An Increasing Global Pariah Let’s put this in context… Does anybody inside the Beltway still have a pulse? Here’s the situation – incredibly… … If some ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 13, 2020
The China Travel Restrictions… When It Comes To Accurate Information… Caveat Reader It is amazing the amount of misinformation that can be found in some corners of the media. One ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 29, 2020
The Return of the 737 MAX… Lots of Messages For Airport Planning It’s been reported that the FAA will begin comprehensive flight testing of the Boeing 737 Max very shortly ... Read More
Monday Update – June 22, 2020
Before We Start… Southwest. Spirit. Sun Country. Joining Aviation Leaders At the IAFS On August 23-25, the first post-Covid aviation event will take place at Cincinnati, USA. The 25th International ... Read More
Monday Update – June 15, 2020
One More U.S. Victim of the CCP’s Corona Virus Another Reason for Airports to Pursue Recompense – But There Will Be Push-back From Unexpected Corners The CPP-COVID virus may be ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 8, 2020
The Rebound Is In Progress, Big Time We were sort of out on a limb, according to some in the industry. That’s referring to our April forecasts that indicated a ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 1, 2020
Preparing For A Future That Does Not Exist? Face masks. Temperature checks. Plexiglass barriers wherever transactions take place. Mandatory social distancing in airplane cabins. This is the stuff that is ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 25, 2020
CCP-COVID Traffic Rebound We will start with this… our Airports:USA® CCP-COVID forecast projections are starting to play out. While May was more of an economic disaster than expected, resulting in ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 18, 2020
Before We Start This Week… FAA’s 2020-2040 Aerospace Forecast – On Another Planet It’s like arriving on July 5 for a Fourth of July party. That’s pretty much what the ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 11, 2020
Update on CCP-COVID Wreckage There are mixed messages coming out of the airline industry. Delta has returned to service a net-plus 27 CRJ-900s, operated by Endeavor Air. Seven 50-seat CRJs ... Read More
Monday Update – May 4, 2020
Before We Start This Week… CCP-COVID Damage Estimates It is now clear that the U.S. government, as well as those in Australia, Germany and the U.K., will be taking off ... Read More
Monday Update – April 27, 2020
The Coming China CCP Litigation Airports Might Have Recourse… But Beijing-CCP Has Lots of Buddies In The USA Let’s be absolutely clear. U.S. airports are in line to incur billions ... Read More
Monday Update – April 20, 2020
To Start This Week… Forecasting The Rest of 2020 While still cloudy, it still appears that the economy may start to come out of the caves in June. In such ... Read More
Monday Update – April 13, 2020
Toss Out Traditional Planning – It’s A New World CCP-COVID: Re-Configuring The U.S. Airline Industry Boyd Group International’s Airports:USA® has accomplished an independent projection of the effects of the CCP-COVID ... Read More
Monday Update – April 6, 2020
Areas of Interest This Week… The Federal Air Package – A Hobson’s Choice Delta Air Lines has advised that it is burning cash at $60 million a day, flying empty ... Read More
Monday Update – March 30, 2020
Waiting For The Inevitable… And Planning For A Whole Different Future The air transportation industry in the USA is not going to “bounce back.” Instead, it will evolve and accommodate ... Read More
Monday Update – March 23, 2020
The Cure Is Killing The Patient Let’s stop with the fantasy… The US airline industry is dying. Fast. It is now clear that Congress is more concerned with playing social ... Read More
Monday, March 16, 2020 Update
Briefly – What To Expect This Week & Beyond A Bit of Context, First To Start… Numbers found in media and CDC sources: The US population is 330,400,000. As of ... Read More
Monday Update – February 24, 2020
The Coronavirus – It’ll Hit Home. Maybe Not Medically. Industrially, It May Settle Out Positive For US Industry Here’s a couple of factoids: China’s airline industry has over 900 new ... Read More
Monday Update – February 17, 2020
February 17 Update 737 MAX – A Kiwi Until The Fall? According to reports, the scrutiny of the 737 MAX may have uncovered some additional issues that could delay the ... Read More
Monday Update – February 10, 2020
Before We Start This Week: The advance bookings for the 25th annual Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit are running at a record pace. This year, our line-up of distinguished ... Read More
Monday Update – February 3, 2020
Before We Start This Week… Southwest Airlines At the IAFS Andrew Watterson, EVP & Chief Revenue Officer To Participate At the #1 Aviation Event of The Year The International Aviation ... Read More
Monday Update – January 27, 2020
Before we start with the Monday Update… Announcing! Jude Bricker – CEO of Sun Country To Present At The International Aviation Forecast Summit The International Aviation Forecast Summit is the ... Read More
Monday Update – January 20, 2020
Starting Out… Spirit Airlines To Present At The International Aviation Forecast Summit Over 100 additional airliners coming on line. New service innovations at airports. New markets & routes. Bank on ... Read More
Monday Update – January 13, 2020
Before We Start This Week… Today marks the 1,000th Monday Update from Boyd Group International. We started this weekly invasion of accepted thinking – originally called the Aviation Hot Flash ... Read More
January 6, 2020 – Monday Update
2020: More Cuba Reality to Come. Remember all the enthusiasm regarding the “opening” of air service to Cuba? Last summer, FedEx dropped plans to operate cargo flights to Cuba. Gee… ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 30, 2019
Before We Get Into 2020 Predictions… Hyatt Regency Cincinnati announced as the venue for the 25th Annual International Aviation Forecast Summit. In today’s Monday Insight, we’ll be touching on general ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 23, 2019
Preview: Planning For The New Year It’s sort of like the old story of the guy who leaps off the 100-story building. There’s jumping. Then a lull. Then impacting. Going ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 16, 2019
Before We Start This Week… It’s Official! Clear Your Calendars For August 23-25, 2020! The 25th Annual Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit will be hosted by: Aviation’s only global ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 9, 2019
The Passenger Facility Charge Controversy: This Emperor Needs A Haberdasher, Fast To mix metaphors, this week, we’re going to grab a third rail. (Folks who are not familiar with the ... Read More
Monday Insight – December 2, 2019
General Aviation Electric Aircraft… A Coming Shock For Small Airports The Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit, now in its 25th year, has earned the reputation of being the #1 ... Read More
Monday Update – November 25, 2019
Small Communities Beware… Cracker Jacks Air Service Development Okay, Cue the Music… Softly, Gently… “… there ain’t no Coupe de Ville, hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jacks Box…” ... Read More
Monday November 18, 2019
Moving Information & Business Intelligence Out of The Past You’ve probably noticed, aviation has changed. Airline structures and route systems have changed. Consumer patterns have changed. Remember all that intra-regional ... Read More
Monday Update – November 11, 2019
Holiday Capacity Will Be Up – MAX Issues Notwithstanding Remember the dire warnings last spring that this would be the summer of chaos at airports, due to the grounding of ... Read More
Monday Update – November 4, 2019
The Emerging Landscape for 2020 With just two months to go to the New Year, we thought it might be an idea to look into a couple of emerging key ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 28, 2019
Before We Start This Week… We’re all excited to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Boyd Group International! This marks three and one half decades since we founded what is today ... Read More
Monday Update – October 21, 2019
Before We Get Started This Week… Taking Flight Symposium – Regional Air Service & Beyond Boyd Group International was invited to take part in the Taking Flight event held by ... Read More
Monday Insight – October 7, 2019
Before We Start This Week… BGI Participates In Washington Post Futurist Aviation Event Boyd Group International is honored to participate this week in the Washington Post’s Taking Flight Investigative Program, ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 30, 2019
How A New Airport In China Will Affect US Air Travel The New Beijing Airport – Positive For US Air Traffic There’s been a lot of media coverage on the ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 23, 2019
Cuba Air Service… For US Carriers, An Investment Pending Political Change, Or Just A Financial Venus Flytrap? Just in from Havana… … Fuel rationing has now become full-blown fuel shortages… ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 16, 2019
Before We Start This Week… More Great Coverage of the 2019 IAFS We want to thank Anna Aero for their great coverage of the International Aviation Forecast Summit, with a ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 9, 2019
The International Aviation Forecast Summit Setting The Pace As the #1 Industry Forecast Event! As hundreds of regular attendees will attest, the Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit is the ... Read More
Monday Insight – September 2, 2019
US Labor Day Holiday… The weekly update – and exciting information and data from the 24th Annual International Aviation Forecast Summit – will be posted next Monday, September 9, 2019… ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 12, 2019
Disruptive Opportunities In Aviation’s Future If you’re joining aviation leaders at the International Aviation Forecast Summit, August 25-27, come prepared for some serious heresy… The global and industry media will ... Read More
Monday Insight – August 5, 2019
Before We Start This Week… Jumping Into The Future… At the International Aviation Forecast Summit, we have the future covered… Boom Supersonic will be presenting its views of the near ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 29, 2019
Before We Get Started This Week… International Aviation Forecast Summit Update: Turkish Airlines VP To Present. We are honored to have Mustafa Doğan, Vice President (Americas) providing his airline’s views ... Read More
July 22, 2019 Monday Insight
Where Will You Be On August 25? IAFS™ Attendees Will Be Visiting The Future One of the unique features of the International Aviation Forecast Summit is that it’s focused entirely ... Read More
July 15, 2019 Monday Insight
The Plot Thickens…Airport Planning Take Note Now, A Fourth US Carrier Suffers Parked 737 MAX Fleets… … and All Four Are Affected Differently. Boeing 737 MAX 8, S/N 44079, has ... Read More
Monday Insight – July 8, 2019
The Seven New Realities of Air Service Planning We’ve pointed it out before. Every form of communication has changed over the past 30 years, including the structure, economics and mission ... Read More
Monday Update – July 1, 2019
Forecast Projections At The IAFS… A Robust 2019 Second Half – A Disruptive 2020 While the Max saga continues, the US will still be looking at very strong traffic growth ... Read More
Monday Update – June 24, 2019
Marketing Genius of The Week… This’ll Get Airlines To Start Buying… The manufacturer, touting the delivery of the second 76-seat ARJ-21 into China’s new Genghis Khan Airlines, is cutting new ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 17, 2019
Top Five Airline Trends – 2020-2024 At the International Aviation Forecast Summit, dozens of airline staff attend every year, allowing extensive interaction with our attendees throughout the event. Networking is ... Read More
Monday Insight – June 3, 2019
The Effects of The 737 MAX Grounding Hitting The Three Affected US Airlines A Lot Harder Than Consumers There’s been some widely-repeated stories implying that the grounding of the Boeing ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 27, 2019
Before We Start This Week… _________________________ Weekly Insight #1… IAFS To Deliver A “Tour” of China’s Air Transportation System… In A Little More Than A Year, It’ll Be The World’s ... Read More
Monday Insight – May 20, 2019
To Start: Frontier CEO To Participate At International Aviation Forecast Summit We are honored to announce that Mr. Barry Biffle will be joining the distinguished line-up of aviation CEOs and ... Read More
Monday Update – May 13, 2019
Before We Start… Twenty-two airline industry leaders to present their views of the future at the 24th Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit... We’re excited to announce that we’ve confirmed ... Read More
Monday Update – May 6, 2019
Before We Start… Are You Registered For The #1 Forecast Event? It’s Where Industry Leaders Will be, August 25-27 Insights right from the airline and aviation industry CEOs and senior ... Read More
Monday Update – April 29, 2019
Looking To The Future? Let’s Explore Airport Traffic Trends… On August 25-27, at the Las Vegas Wynn/Encore Resort, aviation leaders from across the globe will once again gather at the ... Read More
Monday Update – April 22, 2019
Media “Air Fare Comparison” Stories …Actually, Most Are Just Fake News… There are lots of warning labels out there… “Don’t try this at home…” “Closed course – professional drivers only…” ... Read More
Monday Update – April 15, 2019
Rural America & Small Communities: “De-Isolation” Is The Future… Air Service Planning Needs To Adjust News Flash: Here’s some heresy… Rural America is now, as we speak, getting “de-isolated” from ... Read More
Monday Update – April 8, 2019
The NextGen Fiasco Continues. Crowding Skies – Another Myth One of the throw-away lines in a lot of aviation media stories is how the FAA’s air traffic control system is ... Read More
Monday Update – April 1, 2019
International Access… It’s Just Starting New-Generation Single-Aisle Airliners Will Open Whole New Markets With new fleets, new mission capabilities of next-generation airliners, and massive increases in international business flows, we’ve ... Read More
Monday Update – March 25, 2019
A Lot of Media Standards Have Joined The MAX – Grounded “Boeing Charging Extra For Safety Equipment!” This was the din last week across the media landscape… It seems that ... Read More
Monday Update – March 18, 2019
The 737 MAX Situation – Laying Bare Another Global Safety Issue Probably by the end of this week, the situation with the 737 MAX will be clarified, and barring any ... Read More
Monday Update – March 19, 2019
The Air Traffic Control Mirage August, 1994. Congressional hearings were held regarding the challenges facing the nation’s air traffic control system. They were prompted by a study issued by what ... Read More
Monday Update – March 11, 2019
The 737 MAX Issue – In Context With the media coverage expected in the next 24 hours regarding the fallout from the accident in Ethiopia, some context may be needed ... Read More
Monday Update – February 25, 2019
The A-380 Media Circus – Now, They’re Experts Monday morning quarterbacks As far as the cancellation of the A-380 goes, Superbowl Monday is a distant second. Now That It’s Obvious… ... Read More
Monday Update – February 18, 2019
The Rail Boondoggle – A Message For Air Service Planning Almost on-cue from last week’s Update… The much-vaunted California high-speed rail project, after billions spent, and enough jive-time hype to ... Read More
Monday Update – February 11, 2019
The Railroad Cults – And Their Congressional Friends Long-Haul Hi-Speed Rail Is A Scam – But A Politically-Correct One Always dependable for great entertainment… Congress, that is. Another proof that ... Read More
Monday Update – February 4, 2019
More Proof We’re Not Safer Than Before 9/11 “The TSA agents just told us to run…” That was what some passengers claim was the august and professional response to an ... Read More
Monday Flash – January 27, 2019
DOT – 2019 Off To A Non-Leadership Start This week we discuss how drones are a safety issue… Drones – Dangerous Enough To Shut Airports Down… …And The Feds Are Clueless ... Read More
Monday Update – January 21, 2019
To Start This Week… It’s On! The 24th International Aviation Forecast Summit The Wynn/Encore Resort, Las Vegas – August 25-27 We’re excited to announce the venue and dates for the ... Read More
Monday Update January 7, 2019
Seven Trends That Will Affect Air Traffic In 2019 Looking at the New Year, BGI has identified Seven Key Trends that will have material effect on US air transportation… One: ... Read More
Monday Update – December 31, 2018
The Year Ahead – Fasten Your Seat Belts… Next week, we’ll be posting Boyd Group International’s 2019 Aviation Projections Some issues we’ll be covering… The FAA’s Threat To The Drone ... Read More
Monday Update – December 24, 2018
UAS Technology Is Huge – But Until Drones Can Be Monitored – Ground Them. Now. Drone Technology: A New Communications Channel That Will Transform Logistics. But For Now, Ground Them. Flak… ... Read More
Monday Update – December 17, 2018
More On The 40 Years of Airline Deregulation – We Take An Iconoclastic Review of 35 Airline Start-Ups That Went Down The Tube & Into Aviation History. Better Air Access, ... Read More
Monday Update – December 10, 2018
Four Decades of Airline Deregulation We discuss the disappearance of the independent regional airline industry, and how a lot of small communities are getting hornswaggled by “studies” done by the ... Read More
Monday Update – December 3, 2018
Worland, Wyoming… Part of America’s Global Advantage In this Update, we cover how the US has already built an airport system that makes it more competitive than any other country ... Read More
Monday Update – November 26, 2018
Keeping Up With Airline Fleet Trends With the capture of the Bombardier CSeries platform by Airbus, it brings to a close over 50 years of consolidation in the global airliner ... Read More
Monday Update – November 19, 2018
Reminder New Summary 2018 Report… We’ve just made available our Summary report of the trends emerging as we come to the close of 2018. There are some interesting takes… like, ... Read More
Monday Update – November 12, 2018
New Summary 2018 Report… We’ve just made available our Summary report of the trends emerging as we come to the close of 2018. There are some interesting takes… like, the ... Read More
Update – November 5, 2018
Concorde: In Its Time, A Techno-Marvel… So Was The Erie Canal, Except It Really Did Affect Travel The fifteenth anniversary has just been marked of the retirement of the Concorde ... Read More
Monday Update – October 29, 2018
Airports:USA® Forecast: 6%+ Enplanement Growth – But With Geographic Access Shifts According to a new forecast, the US air transportation system is in for some serious growth in the next ... Read More
Monday Update – October 22, 2018
Starting Out This Week… Wait ‘Till Madison Avenue Gets Hold of This Account… Coming from almost nothing, he expanded his market share by subjugating populations of entire countries. If the competition ... Read More
Monday Update – October 15, 2018
Skyhooks, The Easter Bunny… …and Media Airport Fare Comparisons These have one thing in common: they have nothing to do with reality. BTS Data Is Out For The 2nd Q of ... Read More
Update – October 8, 2018
Second Quarter 2018 O&D Data Indications: A Strong 2018 & 2019 Ahead Subscribers to Aviation DataMiner™ now have access to the full range of reports and analytical tools for the ... Read More
Update – October 1, 2018
To Start… More Cuba Fallout AA is dumping CLT-HAV. The 55% load factor was a great way of losing money. Just the latest. Except for Havana, and even there with ... Read More
Update – September 24, 2018
The Media Vox Deorum… ”..A new survey of hub connectivity shows that American Airlines operates hubs at three of the top four most highly connected U.S. hubs…” Nice they picked ... Read More
Industry Update – September 17, 2018
International Aviation Forecast Summit Accepting 2019 Host Proposals The Summit draws not only aviation leaders, but also global attention to the business intelligence it delivers. Our 2018 host, Denver International ... Read More
Update – September 10, 2018
At World Routes, Our Clients Have The Advantage With Chinese Airlines This week, our airport clients are heading to Guangzhou. And in meeting with Chinese airlines, they’re way ahead of ... Read More
Update – September 4, 2018
September 10 2018 Update Is In Progress… Standby _____ The Pay Phones Are Gone. Rural Airports Need To Recognize The Opportunity. The indications all are pretty consistent. Last week, OneJet, an ... Read More
August 27, 2018 Update
Next Update On September 4, Recognizing The US Labor Day Holiday… ______________________ The #1 Aviation Event Delivers Again! Just a Glance At A Few of The Highlights The 23rd Boyd ... Read More
August 6, 2018 Update
Get “Future-Enabled” At The IAFS… Trends, Data & Business Intelligence That Other Events Miss We are excited that the International Aviation Forecast Summit is just two weeks away. We thought ... Read More
July 23, 2018
July 23, 2018 But before we start this week, an update on the #1 Aviation Forecast Event in 2018 Networking… It’s important in business, especially aviation. That’s why you need to ... Read More
July 9, 2018 Update
This week, we’re grabbing the third rail of the travel and tourism industry and the effects of travel restrictions on a few small countries. Political correctness & politics have polluted the discussion… ... Read More
June 11, 2018 Update
Projection: Remainder of 2018. Traffic Strong – But Airline Systems Are Changing With the half year mark coming for 2018, it’s clear that traffic levels are tracking with airline capacity ... Read More
June 4, 2018 Update
Fuel Prices: Changing Air Access Globally & Locally Jet-A has popped over $2 a gallon – that’s up almost 50% from a little more than a year ago. What To Watch ... Read More
Update: Tuesday May 29…
Recognizing US Memorial Day Holiday Media Stories On Aviation. Caveat Reader. There are, in fact, several outstanding media professionals reporting on the airline industry. A number of them are experts on ... Read More
Monday Update – May 21, 2018
The Cuba Accident – Be Careful of The Political Spin In the wake of the tragic crash in Havana, there have been several corollary stories outlining how the national airline ... Read More
May 14, 2018
BGI Announces Major White Paper Reconciling Air Service Access Planning To The New Airline Economic Realities Mark the date – August 19, 2018 That’s the day that BGI will formally issue ... Read More
May 7, 2018
Congratulations To Our Partner, St Vincent & The Grenadines! Boyd Group International is excited to note that American Airlines will initiate service to the world’s newest international airport, Argyle International, ... Read More
April 30, 2018
Starting Point This Week: Airliner Seat Size Lore: Be Nice If Some In The Media Relied On Facts Seat Size: More Media Misinformation… The House version of the FAA reauthorization bill ... Read More
April 23, 2018
Fourth Quarter 2017 Fare & Enplanement Data… Let The Media Circus Begin The DOT has finally issued O&D traffic data for the last quarter of 2017. Subscribers to Aviation DataMiner™ ... Read More
April 16, 2018
2019 – 2028 Airport Traffic Forecast: Everything’s Unhinged Big changes. Bigger uncertainties. Here are some basic findings for next year, from the Boyd Group International 2019-2028 Airports:USA™ enplanement forecasts. It’s the only such ... Read More
April 9, 2018
Air Service Planning Assumptions – Unhinged Traditional thinking. Historical experience. DOT-reported data. And of, course reliance on what “everybody knows.” These approaches are leading a lot of today’s aviation planning ... Read More
April 2, 2018
The New Realities of Small Community Air Access Shock. Outrage. Denunciations. That’s pretty much a description of civic leaders at communities where the local airport is now devoid of scheduled flights, ... Read More
March 26, 2018
China-US Tariff & Trade Issues… Effects On Boeing & China-US Travel: Minimal The Wall Street Chicken-Littles Are Very Ill-Informed With a supposed trade war coming with China, Boeing’s in line for some ... Read More
March 19, 2018
Before We Start… New Programs For Future-Focused Airports & Communities… Boyd Group International and its China partners are now offering programs to assist airports and communities in attracting more of ... Read More
March 12, 2018
Definition: Unhinged uhn-hinjd Unstable, off-balance, uncertain, disconnected from past options, Disoriented, confused regarding situational changes Also see: Aviation Future Planning Today, with all the emerging and fundamental shifts in the ... Read More
February 26, 2018
The Seat Size Controversy… More Inaccurate Media Reporting This past week there were a couple of stories on how some of the inhabitants of congress want to pressure the FAA ... Read More
Monday Flash 01-02-2018
January 2, 2018 Update Happy New Year! Let’s Look at 2018 – Beyond The Consensus The 2018 Boyd Group International Aviation Trend Outlook is now available. In the document, we cover several areas where ... Read More