Last week Bloomberg put out a story that caught our eye. The way the story reads one is guided to thinking that GE is out to challenge the P&W and Rolls-Royce patents on gears. After all, “GE is challenging technology…
Footage has emerged of the moment three planes were involved in a near miss at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. The event involved two Qantas 737s (flights QF449 and QF819) which were both forced to abort landings to avoid a collision with…
Based on reader feedback we decided to add another 787 post today – this one focused on deliveries. Let’s get to the data. As the first chart shows, most (89%) deliveries have gone to airlines directly. Lessors account for 15%…
The Boeing 787 has been around for a number of years, moved through a painful birth, and now increasingly contributes to Boeing’s success in dominating the widebody segment. Boeing’s perseverance is paying off. It might be years before the 787…
Gogo announced its Gogo Vision product has been installed on more than 2,000 aircraft. This means that it is now the leading provider of wireless in-flight entertainment by a large margin and it is making gains on becoming the largest…
As Dassault is discovering, doing business in India is very tough. The company was thrilled to win an order for 126 Rafales in 2012 after a long drawn out competition. Here we are in 2016, and not one aircraft has…