Irkut announced the rollout of the third MC-21-300 aircraft yesterday, with the following statements: “Irkut Corporation (a UAC member) completed construction of the third MC-21-300, intended for flight tests. On December 25, the aircraft was transferred from the final assembly…
French newspaper Le Monde put out this story today. In response Airbus responded with this: “It is a known fact that Airbus is the subject of a publicly-disclosed investigation and therefore is unable to comment in any form on the…
Falko Regional Aircraft Limited, a market leading aircraft operating leasing and asset management company focused on the regional aircraft sector, announced that it reached an agreement with Avolon in relation to the acquisition of 49 regional jet aircraft. This portfolio…
It seems that Santa loves the Brazilian sunshine and has visited San Jose dos Campos three days in a row. Embraer and Republic Airways, the world’s largest E-Jet operator, have signed a contract for a firm order of 100 E175…
Based on news that MEA, the national airline of Lebanon, had signed a deal with Rolls-Royce, we can infer the airline has selected the A330neo for its fleet. The rumor mill suggests the model selected is the A330-900. Currently, the…
Yesterday we took a look at how Airbus might reach its 2018 target of ~800 aircraft. Today we look at Boeing’s 2018 target of “810-815” aircraft. The chart shows how Boeing has managed to increase its delivery rate over the…