At the Farnborough airshow last month, Airbus announced 93 firm order deals worth $57 billion at list prices, and 431 total new commitments including letters of intent and memoranda of understanding. Highlights of those announcements are shown below: GOLDEN FALCON…
Boeing seems to be moving towards another tanker scuffle. This time they are apparently trying to prevent IAI from building any critical mass in the tanker business. There are three primary places you can buy an aerial refueling tanker: Airbus, Boeing,…
Breaking news tonight comes from The Air Current about Trans States being bought by Republic. As the story points out, such a deal is likely to be a major blow to Mitsubishi and their MRJ ambitions. The other shoe to…
The recent spate of orders at Farnborough has generated the usual amount of noise. A lot of the noise is echoed from earlier orders with no customer name, or not firm deals that have firmed. It’s tough to keep track…
Compared to C Series pilots that is. Watch this takeoff at Farnborough and you know these are no longer Bombardier factory pilots concerned with Transport Canada review. It is quite different than the takeoff at last year’s show in Paris.…
Take a look at this five-year chart for a perspective. The chart shows Boeing’s stock has been on a tear for five years. Airbus, by contrast, went through a tough time in 2015 and then slowly recovered. On the most…