There is a compelling competition going on in the widebody market. The Airbus A330-900neo, which recently won EASA certification, competes head to head with the Boeing 787-9. With nearly identical seating capacities, these aircraft are at the heart of the…
Is there any pattern to be found in the orders announced by these two major OEMs? After all, it is a common thought these two “bank” orders for air shows. What does the data show? An important point to note is…
SAFRAN reports that Zunum Aero, a pioneer in electric aviation, selected its Safran Helicopter Engines for the Zunum ZA10 hybrid-to-electric commercial aircraft. The ZA10 will be available in the early 2020s. Safran Helicopter Engines will provide a new generation engine…
We conversed with Pablo Bandera, Honeywell’s Staff Engineer & Senior Manager about their new spherical motor. Pablo, can you explain the origin to develop this new motor? What problem was it going to solve? The spherical motor was originally designed…
American Airlines, at the end of 2Q18, had 946 active mainline aircraft in its fleet. Of these, 776 (82%) were single-aisle aircraft. Looking at this fleet we note that the average is quite young at about 13 years. But it…
At this week’s RAA Mitsubishi provided a forecast (Mitsubishi Market Outlook – RAA-(Sep 24 2018)_FNL ) of how they see the US regional market facing a replacement wave between 2022-2027. We decided to take our own look at this…