With the CS100 and CS300 being shown at Paris next week, the question of what’s next has arisen at Bombardier. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal talked about the possibility of a CS500, which the industry rumor mill…
With all the excitement around the first fight of the CS300, many may have forgotten about the other test flight program underway in Toulouse. Airbus’ A320neo took off January for some upgrades and was back in the sky in February.…
Industry followers have been seeing a lot of opinions over the past two weeks on the 757 replacement issue. The arguments are essentially that Boeing must do something, but what should that something be? Boeing has good reason to be…
Airbus and Boeing are increasing production rates for their single aisle aircraft dramatically. Boeing has already committed to growing the 737 production rate to 47 per month in 2017, and to 52 by 2018. Earlier this year, Airbus announced it…
In the business of buying airplanes, an airline will always seek the lowest cost. Just as they do with every other production input – lowest cost wins every time. So how is it that with the pending Azul order, “Boeing…
Oil prices have dropped below $90 per barrel last week, amidst the US becoming the largest producer of energy in the world and Saudi Arabia breaking ranks with its OPEC colleagues. As the fuel efficiency of vehicles continues to increase,…