Air travel is becoming more stressful in the US – fuller flights than ever and airline consolidation virtually assures things are not going to get better for travelers. Indeed the economic laws of oligopoly teaches us that non price competition…
The engine leasing business has come to a grinding halt in Denmark as the result of a decision by a bankruptcy judge to invalidate engine leases on certain Cimber Air Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft and rule that the engines belonged to…
Ethiopian Airlines likes to point out that it is Africa’s fastest growing airline. The company was an early adopter of the 787, and by all appearances is pleased with the aircraft. The fire at Heathrow was an odd event and…
As Airbus and Boeing ramp up production, the sources of the parts and pieces are being stressed. The supply chain, as we have seen, can easily become an Achilles heel. How stable and strong does the supply chain look? Ken…
The Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) has been selected for use on five of the seven new narrow-body programs under development, including Bombardier’s CSeries, Airbus A320neo, Mitsubishi Regional Jet, IRKUT MS-21, and Embraer E2Jets. We spoke with Bob Saia,…
Bombardier today announced two news items relative to the CSeries; one positive and one negative, though much anticipated. On a positive note, an new order was announced from Al Qahtani Aviation Company for 16 CS300 aircraft plus ten options. These…