Today Airbus undertook its reveal of their new single aisle aircraft, formally known as the C Series, henceforth known as the A220. The two models have gone from CS100 to A220-100 and CS300 to A220-300. There was a pre-reveal briefing.…
On July 6th Airbus brought their A330-900 from Chicago to Atlanta. We were invited by Airbus to join this flight to see how the aircraft feels as a passenger. The first image is of the aircraft as we walked up…
Industry news out today trumpets a potential delivery shortfall by Airbus on their A320neo program, aiming specifically at those powered by the Pratt & Whitney GTF. While the story doesn’t say anything about the source – we have reason to…
Embraer is justifiably proud of their E2 family. The program has gone through its evolution and flight test without a hitch. The resulting aircraft has met or exceeded the specifications. It has all gone so well. We read with interest…
It seems we have reached a stage where old airplanes keep going. At least some of them. Recently the TU-95 Bear had a big birthday – and it’s still flying and annoying NATO. Yesterday there was another big birthday –…
[UPDATED] After we did a story on the changes in seating from 737-800 to 737 MAX8, several messages came and asked about a similar analysis on the A320eo to A320neo. Here it is. On average, operators have increased seating from…