In Praise of Service
The air travel business is a tough place to trade in. Airplanes are about equal and it is difficult to make the travel experience “special” or different. Yesterday we saw first hand how an airline can stand out by using…
Category Airbus
US, European governments take on CSeries
If ever there was a clearer sign that Boeing and Airbus are worried about Bombardier’s CSeries and will do everything they can to meet the competition and block sales, it’s the news that the US Ex-Im Bank and the European…
Rolls Loses Patent Infringement Case Against Pratt & Whitney
A patent infringement lawsuit by Rolls Royce against Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies regarding fan blade design for the GP7200 engine used on the Airbus A380 and the forthcoming PW GTF series of engines was decided in…
Qantas testing OnAir for its A380s
Some time ago, FlightGlobal reported that Qantas was poised to offer OnAir on their A380s. Well take a look at what was showing up on QF31 LHR-SIN on 16 May? It seems they are deep into the testing. Views: 21
V2500 appears favored for KC-390
The International Aero Engines V2500 appears to be the likely engine selection for the Embraer KC-390 MRTT, AirInsight has learned. CFM had been thought to have the advantage for its CFM56 because of the larger, worldwide installed base due to…
An Update on the Pratt & Whitney GTF
Today P&W provided an update on its GTF (PurePower) program. VP Bob Saia provided this presentation. The charts below come from this presentation. Views: 43