Many questioned the idea of Heathrow and Gatwick being put under separate management. Turns out it was a very good idea because nothing makes things work better than competition. Right now the two airports are fighting over the chance to…
It seems the 787 and Norway can’t get along. On Saturday Norwegian took one of its new 787s out of service and demanded that Boeing repair the plane after it suffered repeated breakdowns. This is after a series of breakdowns…
Bombardier has been taking advantage of the ICAO conference in Montreal by inviting airline executives to Mirabel to see the CSeries, and a report in the Montreal Gazette indicates that Lion Air, (PT Lion Mentari Airlines) based in Indonesia, could…
LOT, the Polish national airline, is an early 787 customer and has experienced reliability difficulties, leasing in 767s as needed rather than canceling flights. Earlier this week the airline was forced to delay some of its 787 flights after checks…
News out of China today announced another ARJ21 delay. The aircraft was meant to enter service in 2007. Now it seems the program is running seven years late, if it even makes the new deadline. This delay provides fresh perspective…
In the video from the GMF we posted yesterday, Airbus’ John Leahy mentions that is headed to the Beijing Airshow after the event. In the Q&A he would not answer the obvious question about what was coming at the show…