Morning Call – Monday 21 October 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Year 2019
De Havilland Canada Books Its First Firm Order for Dash 8-400
Here’s what the news means: Note the new name – the Q is gone. It’s back to the classic De Havilland “Dash”. It is great to see the brand’s origins continue to emerge. De Havilland Canada is moving deeper into…
Qantas on a 19-hour hop (update 2)
With great interest from especially Australian media, a brand-new Qantas Boeing 787-9 started the world’s longest non-stop flight on Friday, October 18. Freshly delivered VH-NZI departed New York JFK at 9.27 pm local time, arriving at 7.42 am on the…
How devastating will today’s revelations about Boeing be to the company?
News reports today indicate that text messages between Boeing employees show that the company apparently lied to the FAA regarding the safety of the MAX and that Boeing knew about these messages for some time before turning them over to…
Another MAX revelation
In light of the latest revelation that Boeing apparently lied to the FAA, we have some questions for our readers. Also, see this NYT story first. We have a survey for you here. Summary results after submission. Responses are anonymous.…
Insight: Friday 18 October 2019: NBAA Preview: New Model Proliferation
The business aviation world remains US-market centric, with about 1/2 of the world market, and the National Business Aircraft Association’s Business Aircraft Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) will get underway in Las Vegas early next week. We can expect an interesting…