Firing Up the First GE9X Engine
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Year 2016
The Engine Score
The next generation engines are rapidly approaching competitive flight operations – what’s the engine score? The Pratt & Whitney GTF is already flying for Lufthansa and IndiGo on their A320neos. The CFM LEAP is rapidly building hours on the…
Premium #214 – What might a CSeries order from Delta mean for the industry?
The rumor mill is alive with reports that Bombardier is close to obtaining an order from Delta Air Lines for 75 firm plus 50 options for the CSeries. This would be a game changer for the CSeries program, which has…
Airbus 2016 order projection
Today Reuters published a story about Airbus’ 2016 order projections to reach 700. This is a huge drop (-32%) from last year’s 1,034. Looking at Airbus’ order history since 2010 we see the following: Views: 32
A350-1000 first pictures
Some pictures have come out on the new A350-1000. The longer fuselage reminds a bit of the A340-600. The longer aircraft looks more graceful. Views: 23
Good news for CSeries
Bombardier announced Latvian flag carrier Air Baltic converted its remaining seven purchase options for CS300 passenger jets to a firm order. This brings Air Baltic’s total firm order to 20 planes under an agreement initially signed in December 2012. Based…