JAL announced two orders for regional jets. This may have been one of the quietest aircraft campaigns. In the first order, JAL and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation signed an LOI for 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft, as the next-generation regional…
The growing impact of Western sanctions on Russia may actually help IRKUT. Take a look at this story. The MC-21 is, in our view, an aircraft with a lot of promise. The size and layout of the aircraft seems right…
We published a premium story today on the timing of the A380’s launch. The timing of the A380 launch was driven by many factors and certainly one of the principal factors was competing with Boeing’s 747 and its monopoly of…
The Times of India reported last week in this story, that the FAA had grounded all Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with GEnx engines. This is not the case, and there were no Airworthiness Directives issued by the FAA nor any…
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We’ve always thought that the TSA security process at airports was cumbersome and ineffective, and to a great degree “theater” aimed to increase the fear that terrorists might be caught, rather than to actually solve the problem. For a number…