Will he or won’t he?
Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker is at it again, challenging an OEM. In June at the Paris air show he was gung ho for the 777x; “We would definitely want to be the launch customer”. Mr Al Baker said…
Month October 2013
Boeing’s great week
Fresh off impressive quarterly results that caught the stock market by surprise, Boeing announced orders from Korean Air. The highlight of that order is surely the 747-8 component, especially after adjusting production on this program. The came the order from…
2012 Newsletter
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The interesting move by Japan and India
In May this year the Indian Prime Minister visited Japan and, among other things, discussed a deal for India to buy the Japanese US-2. This aircraft, a four engined amphibian, is used by the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force for…
CSeries to Iraqi Airways?
Several press reports today cited Iraqi government approval for an order for five CS300 aircraft, with options for five more, presumably for Iraqi Airways. Iraqi Airways already has an order for CRJ900s from Bombardier, and will likely switch to CSeries…
Norwegian’s results
The company reports a third quarter pre-tax profit of 604 MNOK ($102.6m). This result was significantly affected by additional operating costs associated with wet-leasing replacement aircraft (A340) on long-haul routes. In addition summer bookings were lower this quarter due to…