The media coverage of the “start-up” issues with the PW1100G-JM on the A320neo family seems a bit of overkill to neutral observers. Of course, the airlines are pushing for additional compensation and Pratt & Whitney isn’t saying much or fighting…
We sent the following questions to a senior manager at an Iranian airline. The purpose of these questions to better understand what has been going on inside the country in the past few years and what the future looks like. …
As part of our visit to 2016 Airbus Innovation Days, the firm provided access to various parts of its local operations in the Hamburg region of Germany. One of the visits was to their plant in a small town called…
Over the past week a number of media outlets have focused on the “arrival” of Bombardier in the big duopoly’s space. This past week also saw the first flight of the 106 seat E-190E2. The first C Series is about…
News reports out last week suggested that Boeing’s 787 sales have slowed, and the company may be facing more financial headwinds as a result. But before you buy into doom and gloom headlines, let’s take a look at some data…
It appears the commercial aerospace world has coalesced into two camps. We have called these the big and small duopolies. However the line between these two is growing blurry. This was something we first heard from Embraer’s John Slattery in…