The Future by Airbus
For those of you who haven’t yet seen The Future by Airbus, a download of their 14 page PDF presentation is available here: The Future by Airbus. One example future concept, with a U-Shaped tail, is shown below. Looking ahead…
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No CSeries Orders at Farnborough – No Need for Panic
I published an analysis on the lack of CSeries orders at Farnborough on GLGNews today, and have added graphical data to that article for our Air Insight blog readers. As posted before the show on this blog, Air Insight did…
Farnborough – Day Four
The show closed today and a clearly exhausted Scott Hamilton shares his assessment of the show’s news. The orders were a lot bigger than anyone expected. Airbus’ John Leahy declared the recession over – and he has good reason to…
Rolls Royce throws Cold Water on Re-Engining – It is Sour Grapes?
An article in Aviation International News quotes Robert Nuttal, Rolls Royce head of strategic marketing, as stating that “the numbers do not stack up” for re-engining programs on either the 737 or A320 families. Of course, since Airbus rejected Rolls…
Ryanair – fascinating insight
We highly recommend you read this link. What caught our eye is at the bottom of the article. “Anyone concerned with Ryanair’s growth coming to a sudden end when the airline’s ordered 737-800s are fully delivered in 2012 can, however,…
Farnborough Day 2
A second day and even more orders. The table above shows the score of orders only, not options. Scott Hamilton describes the day’s shopping by lessors and airlines. Play Views: 92