Sanctions may help IRKUT
The growing impact of Western sanctions on Russia may actually help IRKUT. Take a look at this story. The MC-21 is, in our view, an aircraft with a lot of promise. The size and layout of the aircraft seems right…
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Airbus’ A380 and Timing
We published a premium story today on the timing of the A380’s launch. The timing of the A380 launch was driven by many factors and certainly one of the principal factors was competing with Boeing’s 747 and its monopoly of…
Exaggerating Air India 787 Problems
The Times of India reported last week in this story, that the FAA had grounded all Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with GEnx engines. This is not the case, and there were no Airworthiness Directives issued by the FAA nor any…
Premium #134 – Was the A380 introduced ten years before its time?
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Airport Security Theater
We’ve always thought that the TSA security process at airports was cumbersome and ineffective, and to a great degree “theater” aimed to increase the fear that terrorists might be caught, rather than to actually solve the problem. For a number…
Malaysian changes
Bloomberg reports that Malaysian Airlines is likely to see some big changes. A possible new CEO, layoffs and an aircraft order review are the identified changes. The current CEO has a contract that expires in the next few weeks. It…