“China Inc” has agreed to buy 80% of mega-lessor International Lease Finance Corp and optioned another 10%, with major implications for global aviation. ILFC parent AIG, which is still largely owned by the US government after the 2008 bailout following…
Airbus proudly showed off its first flyable A350 today. The aircraft is on its wheels for the first time being moved out of station 40 of the main assembly hall at the recently inaugurated “Roger Béteille” A350 XWB Final Assembly…
The news that Singapore Airlines is scuppering the world’s longest airlines flights—between Singapore and New York and Los Angeles, operated by Airbus A340-500s in all business class—raises interesting issues that have only been hinted at from time-to-time when it comes…
With the industry abuzz about a delay for the Bombardier CSeries, it may be an appropriate time to revisit why new airplanes can’t seem to be certified on time. In a piece we published earlier this year, we cited several…
Airbus released this video today of the steps they go through producing the A350XWB. [yt]W0jlu0ghNIg[/yt] Views: 16
This week we had the opportunity to visit the A350XWB FAL inauguration. The event was well attended by French politicians. After all the FAL will employ a large number of skilled people in France. Program boss Didier Evrard said the…