[UPDATE – Boeing has communicated with us that the company has made no decision about 777x assembly and they continue to explore all their options] With Japan Air Lines breaking Boeing’s lock on the Japanese market with an order for…
How many airlines need over 9,000 miles range? The answer is very few. The following chart illustrates orders for the various 777 to date. (777X models excluded) Views: 20
Some readers are now aware of our new section at the top right of the site, Featured Downloads. In case you have not noticed this space before, please take a look and you can download any of these reports. Views:…
Additive Manufacturing is a term we are going to hear more about in aerospace as this decade unfolds. The concept of “additive manufacturing” is another term for what others call 3D printing. Why “additive”? Because typical manufacturing is a “subtractive”…
In news that will reverberate in Chicago and Seattle today, Japan Airlines (JAL) signed a purchase agreement for 31 A350 XWBs (18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s), plus options for a further 25 aircraft. This is JAL’s first ever order for Airbus…
Airbus released their 3Y13 O&D numbers. Here are two charts to illustrate their data. Views: 21