One of the most important commercial aircraft programs is the A320neo family. In the narrow-body segment, it is currently the best seller. That segment accounts for about 70% of all commercial aircraft sales, so being the leader is sufficient reason…
In November 2015, the final C-17 left Long Beach. The plant was closed and with it, big aircraft manufacturing in California. There were ten white tail C-17s built. Nine of these were then ordered, leaving one which was stored in…
The Boeing 737 MAX10 was the hit of the Paris Air Show, garnering 326 commitments for the aircraft. But the majority of those commitments, 179 of them, were simply swapping of one model of the MAX family for another, and…
At the Paris show last week Airbus rolled out an important series of tweaks to the A380. Most obvious were the new winglets, 4.7M compared to the approximate 1M fences currently used. Not obvious to the eye are other tweaks…
Normally, the first day of an air show brings the most orders, but this year, day 2 outpaced day 1, with substantial activity. We report below the commitments reported by the OEMs for the day, but with a grain of…
Pratt and Whitney and IAG, parent of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, as signed a memorandum of understanding to power 47 of its 200 aircraft neo order with the PW1100G engine. This GTF order from IAG represents an…