Mr Al Baker, the GTF and Other Stories
For years now – yes years – Mr Al Baker has been waxing and waning on the Pratt & Whitney geared fan engine. Back in 2009 he went so far as to say that the GTF on the A320 would…
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Catching up with F-WWOW
We first met this airplane on March 19 2007 when it flew into LAX on a test flight to see how an A380 could handle LAX – and vice versa. Seeing an A380 at LAX is old hat now. Meanwhile…
Airbus Announces Delay to A350 Program
[UPDATE 1] AirInsight is in Toulouse today for the A350 technical briefing. In terms of the delay announced, the company is still maintaining its flight test program. But this could be refined as the project evolves. Probably the biggest theme…
ElAl launches WheelTug
At the Marcus Evans conference in Barcelona today, WheelTug CEO Isaiah Cox announced a launch customer for the WheelTug. (WheelTug is an AirInsight client) There are two interesting aspects to the Wheeltug story; one is airline operations and the other…
Looking ahead toward the Dubai Air Show
The Dubai Air Show the week of November 13 will have a fair number of orders to announce by the Middle Eastern carriers and a small number of non-Gulf customers. Some of these orders have been widely leaked already: Emirates…
Qatar Airways announces huge Iran capacity increase
In a clever move, Qatar is exploiting the Iranian airline situation. With sanctions biting hard, Iranian airlines are all in trouble. Safety is clearly being hit. Below is a video of the latest example of what is becoming a sort…