Pelham Aviation by Michael Gutta

AIRPORT ANALYSIS: American Airlines at Tampa International December 30, 2018 By: Michael Gutta After recently flying from Tampa to Charlotte on American Airlines, I decided to look at American’s operations at TPA using publicly available data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics T-100 data tables. The last full year of published data is from 2017, and the 3 areas I wanted to study were: number of passengers by destination, load factor by destination, and aircraft type by departure. In reviewing the available data, I ignored any seasonality effects (month-to-month variation): I looked at load factor for the full year, and the number of daily departures and daily passengers are averaged over a full year. Additionally, I only looked at departing passengers, so the total number of passengers served would be approximately double (departing and arriving). On to the results… American Airlines aircraft at Charlotte-Douglas International with Charlotte skyline on Dec. 6

FLEET ANALYSIS: Allegiant Air Retires MD-80 Aircraft December 2, 2018 By: Michael Gutta Allegiant Air flew their last commercial flight with an MD-80 series aircraft on Wednesday November 28, 2018 with a final flight from Fresno to Las Vegas as a huge step in the simplification and modernization plan laid out by company executives. With the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 retirement Wednesday and the company’s retirement of the Boeing 757 in October of 2017, the airline is down to a single type with the Airbus 319 & 320 combination. Operating a single fleet type of much newer aircraft will reduce maintenance costs, unexpected delays and cancellations, and fuel consumption for the airline. In this feature, the fleet of Allegiant Air over the last 10 years will be examined as different aircraft have been added and removed from the roster. Please follow along with the two charts provided to illustrate the fleet’s progress. Allegiant Air N865GA at St. Pete-Clearwater Internat