The A220 and the market
We spent a few minutes speaking with David Dufrenois, head of marketing at CSALP to speak about how the market might evolve in the new era of a super duopoly. Turns out it’s not easy to predict. But Mr Dufrenois’…
Category Airbus
The A220 makes its debut
Today Airbus undertook its reveal of their new single aisle aircraft, formally known as the C Series, henceforth known as the A220. The two models have gone from CS100 to A220-100 and CS300 to A220-300. There was a pre-reveal briefing.…
A330neo Chicago-Atlanta
On July 6th Airbus brought their A330-900 from Chicago to Atlanta. We were invited by Airbus to join this flight to see how the aircraft feels as a passenger. The first image is of the aircraft as we walked up…
Premium 2018.24 FARNBOROUGH PREVIEW
Quite often, aircraft manufacturers will debut new technology or product announcements at the Paris or Farnborough Air Shows. In recent years, we’ve seen the introduction of the neo, MAX, CSeries, 787, and A350 at various air shows and stealing most…
A320neo deliveries in context
Industry news out today trumpets a potential delivery shortfall by Airbus on their A320neo program, aiming specifically at those powered by the Pratt & Whitney GTF. While the story doesn’t say anything about the source – we have reason to…
The E2 challenge
Embraer is justifiably proud of their E2 family. The program has gone through its evolution and flight test without a hitch. The resulting aircraft has met or exceeded the specifications. It has all gone so well. We read with interest…