Premium – Updating MoM
The news that Boeing is getting closer to actually saying something about the NMA, or 7M7, is an opportune moment to see how that market is evolving. This is an update to a story we had looked earlier this year.…
Month September 2017
797 announcement in Dubai?
French newsletter AeroDefenseNews this morning reported that the Boeing middle of the market aircraft launch (“7M7”) could take place as early as the Dubai Airshow (November 12-16), possibly with Emirates as the launch customer. The 797 (we assume) will fit…
C919 has second recorded test flight
Last night, US east coast time, the C919 had a second recorded test flight. It was 2:46 which is more than double the first recorded flight at 1:07. As the map shows, it did not fly too far from its…
The Single Aisle Segment – some perspective
The aerospace world is still trying to get their collective heads around the 220% number from the US Department of Commerce. The impact is still being worked out as firms around the world find themselves dragged into a fight none…
The repercussions of 220%
The DoC findings in the Boeing v. Bombardier anti-dumping dispute were a shock. Not the decision, which was expected, but with the level of countervailing duties applied — 220% is breathtakingly large and absurd. Global aerospace is a system with sensitive…
Filling the Air Berlin gap
Air Berlin is gone. What was once a significant airline is now bankrupt. The chart shows the airline’s fleet history. As the chart shows, the airline was in trouble for some time, at least since 2011. Social media has several…