Nixing NEO?
(image: FlightGlobal) In a strange turn of events, it seems Airbus is backing away from or at least delaying its much awaited A320-family NEO. There was an expectation that this week we would hear all about the new airplane update.…
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Old Planes, Good Planes
It was tough thinking of a pithy title for this post. Old Planes is not exactly attention grabbing, but there you are. This post is about old planes – specifically some special old ones that serve in the USAF. Views:…
FAA and Separation
This week saw an interesting reversal by the FAA. Take a look at this story by the WSJ. Within a week the FAA went from posting new rules about wake turbulence on the 787 and 747-8 to removing them because…
150, 190 seat models for CSeries?
The National Post of Canada reports that Bombardier has taken out trademarks for the CS500 and CS900, which might suggest a 150-seat and a 190-seat version of the CSeries could be in the hopper. Bombardier says it is merely taking…
Boeing confirms new 747-8 delay, but is another likely?
Boeing today confirmed another long-expected delay of the 747-8, to mid-2011, but aerospace analysts think yet another 3-6 months might be coming. A fifth 747-8 will be added to the flight test program, and customers tell us Boeing is preparing…
Rolls-Royce facing declining narrow-body market share
This analysis was published on GLG news by Ernest Arvai earlier today and is reproduced here for our AirInsight blog readers. Views: 132