Daily Insight: Monday 17 June 2019: A Quiet Paris for Boeing


Normally, the first day of a major European Airshow, Paris in odd years and Farnborough in even years, brings a spate of new aircraft orders, with the second day typically a bit larger, the third similar to the first, and…

The Airbus A330-900 order by Virgin Atlantic will be powered by the Trent 7000 engines from Rolls Royce. Despite the issues with the Trent 1000 on the Boeing 787, Airbus and Virgin Atlantic have confidence in Rolls Royce, which is…

Airbus announces the A321XLR at Paris And how the A321XLR actually fits with the A330neo to help close the middle of the market gap. ? Views: 26

Middle East Airlines converted four of its existing A321neo orders to the new extra long range A321XLR. This was a previously unannounced order for 4 A321neos on the Airbus order book, and makes MEA the launch airline customer for the…

Randy Tinseth, Boeing’s Vice President of Commercial Marketing, presented Boeing’s updated Commercial Market Outlook today in Paris. The new forecast is more optimistic than last year’s forecast, with a demand for 44,040 aircraft over the next 20 years. Single-aisle…