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ALC and Udvar-Hazy Order A320neo
As expected, Air Lease Corporation, headed by Steve Udvar-Hazy, signed an MOU for 50 A320neo aircraft with options for 14 more. They also announced...
SAS Orders 30 Airbus neo Aircraft with LEAP engine
SAS provided Airbus another large neo order today, and has chosen the CFM LEAP engine to power that fleet. This order is significant because SAS is...
Boeing Joins Airbus in Attacking CSeries, while Deferring Decision on 737 Actions
Boeing executives had harsh words for the Bombardier CSeries at their press briefing in Paris, indicating an underlying concern about the new...
Bombardier Adds Unidentified Launch Customer for CSeries
Bombardier announced an order today from a "major network carrier" for 10 CSeries aircraft, and that this operator will be the first operator of the...
Bombardier’s Chet Fuller at PAS 2011
We spent 3 minutes speaking with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft VP Sales Chet Fuller at the company's chalet overlooking its display. He sounds...
Alenia, Boeing and Bombardier
Credit Suisse recently visited Alenia in Italy and last Friday published a note about this visit. Here are two pertinent quotes readers will find...
The Prettiest Plane in All of Paris
There are probably close to, or more than, a billion dollars worth of airplanes parked at Le Bourget. But there is one among them that is simply...
Boeing Still Undecided about New Narrow-Body Replacement
Boeing is still obfuscating regarding a 737 replacement, while increasing production rates for the existing models. Two things are clear -- the...
Ryanair and Comac – Part II
Here’s a thought…
As the world gets ready for the Paris air show, take a look at this photograph apparently taken of a model plane on the Ryanair Chief Pilot's desk. ...
Virgin America selects CFM LEAP engine for A320neo
Virgin America selected the CFM LEAP engine for its Airbus A320neo fleet. This was no surprise--we predicted this in our Paris Air Show preview...
Outlook for Paris Air Show
As we head into the Paris Air Show, here is AirInsight’s outlook: The big news at air shows are orders for new aircraft. Forget the drivel that...
Paris Air Show Preview Replay
A full replay of our Paris Airshow Preview discussion, with Addison Schonland and Ernie Arvai of AirInsight and guest Richard Aboulafia from Teal...
PARIS PREVIEW
Our Paris Airshow Preview, with guest Richard Aboulafia of Teal Group joining Addison Schonland and Ernie Arvai, will begin at 12 noon Eastern time...
On-time A350 EIS: “Reasonable chance,” says Airbus
It's getting down to crunch time on the A350 production and a top Airbus official calls the program "extremely risky," but there is a "reasonable...
Braathens Orders CSeries
Braathens has placed an order for 10 Bombardier CSeries aircraft, with 10 options for use by its subsidiary Malmö Aviation based at Stockholm's...
Pre-Paris Air Show Discussion
Live online, Friday June 3 at 9am PDT for 30 minutes. Ask our team questions about PAS 2011. Guest panelist Richard Aboulafia. Click Here
India’s Jet Airways Joins Arab Air Carriers Organization
In an interesting move, India's Jet Airways has joined AACO, the Arab Air Carriers Organization. This is the first carrier outside of the Arab...
