Boeing’s interest in Embraer is self-evident. This interest goes back a long time. There are deep relationships between high-level people at both companies. But the Brazilain government is looking at the deal with apprehension. Even though Embraer (we have been…
Aeroflot ordered 50 MC-21s today from IRKUT. Aeroflot will receive the first jet in the first quarter of 2020, with the full delivery to be completed by 2026. Under the terms of the order, Rostec, the leasing subsidiary of Aviacapital-Service,…
Airbus announced, in time for the Singapore show, that its “CityAirbus” electrical urban-air-mobility demonstrator programme reached an important milestone: the completion and “power on” of the “iron bird” ground test facility in Taufkirchen, Germany. This enables the verification of the…
First flights are special events. Occasionally there are first flights that a little different. We would suggest the A321LR first flight are one of those. Here is Airbus B-Roll of the first flight. Last week WOWair flew their new A321neo…
Airbus has been rather quiet about this program since the first flight in October. The A330neo flight test program has been making good progress. The program has two of the program’s planned three test aircraft flying. The two flying are…
David beat Goliath. Again. The vote was unanimous – the ITC found no damage to Boeing in the C Series dumping case. This was not what anyone was expecting. Especially after President Trump spoke in Davos today about “fair trade”.…