Morning Call – Thursday 28 November 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Ernest Arvai
President AirInsight Group LLC
Insight: Wednesday 27 November 2019: Piecing Together the 777X Outlook
News In recent months, the news for 777X hasn’t been very positive. Between changes to wide-body orders at the Dubai Airshow, the delay in the GE9X engine, the scrapping of fuselage automation and the failure of a major certification test,…
Insight: Friday 22 November 2019: The Changing Economics for the MAX
News Industry reports indicate that Boeing has been forcing its leasing company customers to continue progress payments for aircraft, despite having their MAX fleets grounded and not earning income. The last thing a leasing company wants to do when losing…
Insight: Wednesday 20 November 2019: Behind De Havilland Canada’s Resurgence
News De Havilland Canada has quietly had perhaps the most successful Dubai airshow of any manufacturer, signing 37 orders for the Dash-8-400 aircraft. Eleven additional orders on Tuesday included Aurora for 5, The Republic of Ghana for 6, and ACIA…
Insight:Monday 18 November 2019: Is the MRJ in trouble?
News Mitsubishi has begun to lose long-term suppliers for its MRJ program, which began in 2008 and was initially schedule to enter service in 2013. Some six years later, the MRJ program is looking at an additional and sixth program…
A320 has overtaken 737 as most popular commercial aircraft in orders
The Boeing 737 has now been overtaken as the most ordered aircraft in history after Airbus booked 400 additional A320 orders. As of the end of October, the Boeing website indicates that 15,136 737s have been ordered by airlines and…