In Praise of Service
The air travel business is a tough place to trade in. Airplanes are about equal and it is difficult to make the travel experience “special” or different. Yesterday we saw first hand how an airline can stand out by using…
Year 2011
Flying the CRJ1000 – A View From The Flightdeck
We spent the final ~20 minutes of the first flight by a Bombardier CRJ1000 into Belfast (BFS). Thanks to the great Brit Air crew. [youtube]8vXDGgNBr_0[/youtube] Views: 22
US, European governments take on CSeries
If ever there was a clearer sign that Boeing and Airbus are worried about Bombardier’s CSeries and will do everything they can to meet the competition and block sales, it’s the news that the US Ex-Im Bank and the European…
Rolls Loses Patent Infringement Case Against Pratt & Whitney
A patent infringement lawsuit by Rolls Royce against Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies regarding fan blade design for the GP7200 engine used on the Airbus A380 and the forthcoming PW GTF series of engines was decided in…
The Bombardier CRJ1000 – Better Than Expected
We were invited to fly the new CRJ1000 from Geneva to Belfast. What an impressive airplane – certainly the quietest we have flown. This was the general opinion of others too, by the way. Stephen Kalhok, Bombardier’s Program manager CRJ,…
Bombardier’s Commercial Market Update
Gary Scott provided the following update at EBACE today. His presentation was what many of the media people had come for. While there was much focus on the CSeries, note the great news regarding the CRJ1000. After six months the…