In a world moving towards big twins, Russia’s Frigate has decided to move to quad power. As Alexader Klimov, Frigate project leader, suggests, speed to market is the prime mover in the decision. He says there are no engines…
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Qantas, a pioneer in really long flights, announced Project Sunrise. It is, essentially, a challenge to Airbus and Boeing – offer us an aircraft that can fly from Australia’s east coast to London, New York, and Rio nonstop. Flights of…
You have got to love state ownership if you run an airline. No pesky shareholders; all you have to do is upgrade the key people in politics and business keeps rolling along. Profits? Not the key issue. To get an…
We had a conversation with Andrew Madar, CEO at Cobalt Air, which is based in Cyprus. Cyprus is not an easy market, but Cobalt has a strategy in place to avoid the pitfalls Cyprus Airways faced. Besides this, Mr Madar…
It’s as if P&W can’t catch a break. Today we have another negative story. The proposition is that CFM’s LEAP has outsold the GTF by ten to one in 2017. It is true P&W has stumbled with the GTF. Stumbles…