Morning Call – Monday 21 October 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Ernest Arvai
President AirInsight Group LLC
How devastating will today’s revelations about Boeing be to the company?
News reports today indicate that text messages between Boeing employees show that the company apparently lied to the FAA regarding the safety of the MAX and that Boeing knew about these messages for some time before turning them over to…
Insight: Friday 18 October 2019: NBAA Preview: New Model Proliferation
The business aviation world remains US-market centric, with about 1/2 of the world market, and the National Business Aircraft Association’s Business Aircraft Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) will get underway in Las Vegas early next week. We can expect an interesting…
Insight: Wednesday 16 October 2019: Flygskam – Why Flight Shaming Won’t Impact Climate
The young Swede, Greta Thunberg, who has taken a boat across the Atlantic (yacht copiloted by the grandson of a Monaco prince and Grace Kelly) and drove a Tesla across the country to protests at the University of Iowa (on…
Bombardier Introduces l’Opéra Advanced Sound System for the Global 7500
Bombardier is featuring a new sound system, named l’Opéra, for the Global 7500 that will be featured at the NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas next week. L’Opéra integrates full range speakers that are custom designed and placed to match the floor…
Bombardier Honored with 2019 MacRobert Award from Royal Academy of Engineering.
The wing of the A220, nee Bombardier C Series, was honored as the recipient of the prestigious 2019 MacRobert Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering. This is the UKs most prestigious price for engineering innovation across a variety of…