An A330neo Freighter
Bloomberg put out a story that UPS and Amazon are encouraging Airbus to consider an A330-800F. This is a very important link in the A330neo story so far. The A330-800 has no current orders. This is a situation Airbus cannot…
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Don’t diss the A330
Yesterday Airbus offered some updates to its A330neo program. The outcome is that Airbus claims the A330-800 is now the longest range aircraft seating between 250-300. But it has no orders. This last item leaves many scratching their heads. It…
A380 news
Airbus and Heathrow airport are celebrating the 10th anniversary of A380 operations at the airport. These began March 18th, 2008 with the arrival of the first A380, Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 from Singapore Changi airport making Heathrow one of the…
As GTF problems are solved, DCGA pulls the plug in India
The Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan has had a difficult introduction, with several problems on the PW1100G powering the Airbus A320neo. The latest problem involves the aft hub knife edge seal within the high pressure compressor, which has resulted in-flight…
Premium 2018.8: The Wide-Body Pricing Fray
While much of the discussion at ISTAT this was about the middle of the market, digging a bit deeper into recent transactions and campaigns indicates that the price war is intensifying between the A330neo and 787. It appears that Boeing…
Should Can Force One be a Bombardier CS300?
Like the US, Canada’s head of state aircraft is aging. Unlike the US version, the Canadian one is based on a niche model that has a small installed fleet. While the US Boeing 747 can be supported by either Boeing…