Hindustan Aerospace Limited (“HAL”), based in India, and United Aircraft Corporation (“UAC”), based in Russia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which HAL will produce the Russian-designed SJ-100 aircraft (formerly the Sukhoi Superjet) in India. This is an interesting…
The GTF, or geared turbofan, engine from Pratt & Whitney is very fuel efficient and environmentally friendly, but has been plagued with reliability issues that have resulted in significant grounding of GTF equipped aircraft. While the A320neo family has the…
Embraer has quietly had a substantial increase in its backlog in 2025. Backlog has increased across all four business areas, commercial aircraft, business aircraft, military aircraft and services and support. Embraer has received a number of significant orders in 2025,…
United Airlines reported its Q3 earnings and the results were just below expectations for revenue, but ahead of expectations for earnings. Revenue for the quarter was $15.2 billion, nearing matching the Wall St. consensus of $15.3 billion. Earnings per share…
Young Airbus A320neo family aircraft are being parted-out for the engines after only 6-8 years in service. The GTF engine shortage from Pratt & Whitney that has grounded much of the Airbus A321neo fleet on a rolling basis over the…
US President Donald Trump is in a “trade war” with China in which Boeing appears to be caught in the middle. China currently has 222 orders in Boeing’s backlog. 1,855 Boeing aircraft are currently operated by Chinese airlines, and Boeing…