The Race to Paris
Progress is being made on both the Airbus A350 and Bombardier CSeries, each of which are scheduled for first flights in June. Airbus has installed the Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines and Honeywell APU on its first A350 this…
Month March 2013
Another CSeries milestone
Bombardier announced today that their CSeries Flight Test Vehicle achieved a milestone. The announced successfully completed the first full powering on of the main electrical distribution system on the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV1) is one of the many…
Is the A350 Order by JAL a Rebuke to Boeing?
Several international press reports today indicate that Japan Air Lines is about to break its all-Boeing fleet and order aircraft from Airbus. Reuters is reporting that the order will be for 20 Airbus A350 -1000 aircraft with an order valued…
Boeing reveals battery solution in webinar from Tokyo
Boeing provided a briefing on the 787 battery solution, which includes a new charger for the revised battery with additional spacing and shielding, and the new case and venting system that has been nicknamed the “fireplace and chimney” by some…
The 100th A380
Airbus announced it has delivered its 100th A380. This is a big milestone in any program and, given the way new airplane programs go these days, a milestone calling for a celebratory moment. The A380 program seems to have settled…
Beyond the Grounding – Lots of Positive News at Boeing
While the continued grounding of the 787 is not a positive for Boeing, our industry sources indicate that the next few weeks will bring several other developments that are quite positive news for Boeing. 1. A major order from Ryanair…