Getting to 10,000 deliveries
Today Airbus delivered it’s 10,000 airplane. It is an A350-900 for Singapore Airlines making this is a big day for Airbus. Airbus made its first delivery in 1974. It took a lot of confidence to create the company from a…
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Russian market news
The Russian market just grew a bit more competitive. For aircraft in the 100-seat segment, the Sukhoi SuperJet has pretty much had the home advantage. But Embraer has seen the Embraer E-170 and E-175 awarded type certificates in Russia. Russian…
Spirit takes first A320neo delivery in the United States
Spirit Airlines accepted the first A320neo delivery in the United States with an aircraft on lease from AerCap. This is the first of five scheduled deliveries, with four additional options for Spirit. Ted Christie, Spirit’s Chief Financial Officer stated “…
Getting the MC-21 program moving
Russia’s next big aircraft program after the SuperJet is the mid-sized MC-21. Seating up to 211, the MC-21 is seen as a competitor to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. Although a technically promising aircraft, market realities make the program…
Premium #298 – Why the E190-E2 will be a winner
The Embraer E2 aircraft are still in flight test, but as we obtain more information on the aircraft they look increasingly compelling. The flight test program apparently remains ahead of schedule and the development program remains on budget. Looking at…
3Q16 O&D – Big Oligopoly Update
We now have the third quarter 2016 numbers, and taking the opportunity to review how things are going at Airbus and Boeing. It seems that the softening of sales is a reality. This seems awkward because the transition from current…