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AG600 Firefighter Takes Flight

AVIC developed a new configuration for its AG600 large amphibian aircraft and that new version, in firefighter configuration, recently successfully completed its first flight. The AG600 Firefighter aircraft took off from Zuhai Jinwan airport on May 31st and spent 20...

Sukhoi cancelling IranAir order?

Sukhoi is poised to cancel its Superjet order with Iran. This news follows our recent story about how difficult obtaining and maintaining aircraft is for Iran's airlines with reintroduced US sanctions. ATR managed to deliver within the period in which sanctions were...

The AG600 flies

On Saturday the AG600 made its first flight from water. The program was approved in 2009 and unveiled in 2016. The plan is for AVIC to start deliveries in 2022. This is typical for Chinese aircraft programs - it takes a long time to get from the concept approval...

Premium 2018.20 – Implications of Massive HNA Group Order for Chinese Aircraft

The Chinese aircraft market will be critical for industry participants over the next two decades as China overtakes the United States as the leading player in air transportation. China has been building its domestic aircraft industry over the last two decades, has...

Sukhoi cancelling IranAir order?

Nov 14, 2018 | Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Embraer, Irkut, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi Aerospace, UAC

Sukhoi is poised to cancel its Superjet order with Iran. This news follows our recent story about how difficult...

The AG600 flies

Oct 23, 2018 | AVIC, ShinMaywa

On Saturday the AG600 made its first flight from water. The program was approved in 2009 and unveiled in 2016. The...

Premium 2018.20 – Implications of Massive HNA Group Order for Chinese Aircraft

Jun 5, 2018 | Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Embraer, Hainan, premium

The Chinese aircraft market will be critical for industry participants over the next two decades as China overtakes...

Premium 2018.9 – China’s evolving regional airline rules

Mar 20, 2018 | AVIC, Bombardier, COMAC, Embraer, premium

China is seen as the market of great opportunity. But the Chinese state is being quite deliberate in their approach...

Thinking through pending industry consolidation – watch for the China factor

Dec 26, 2017 | Aerospace, Airbus, ATR, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, Business Jets, COMAC, Embraer

News that Boeing and Embraer have been talking sent a shock wave to the industry just as the holidays were about to...

AVIC’s AG600 first flight

Dec 24, 2017 | AVIC, Rolls-Royce

Earlier today (China time) AVIC's AG600 made its first flight. You can see a short video here....

The shifting tectonic plates – Airbus and Bombardier

Oct 17, 2017 | Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Embraer

With news of Airbus creating a JV with Bombardier, a seismic industry event has occurred. Recall that Bombardier has...

Tracking flight tests

Jun 9, 2017 | Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, COMAC, Embraer, Irkut, UAC

Our recent note on the Embraer E2 flight test program showed a discrepancy between what we could track using...

Limits to a Bombardier CS500

Jun 2, 2017 | Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Irkut, UAC

The fracas between Boeing and Bombardier seems focused on a fear at Boeing that Bombardier could become another...

Premium #329 – The Changing Fleet Under 120 Seats

May 16, 2017 | AVIC, BAE, Bombardier, COMAC, Embraer, Fokker, Mitsubishi, premium, Sukhoi Aerospace

We examined fleet data from 2003 and 2016 to examine trends over the last 13 years in market share by manufacturer,...

C919 takes flight to Challenge Airbus and Boeing

May 5, 2017 | Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC

The long awaited moment came today, COMAC got its new C919 in the air. Here is a video with a feed from the aircraft...

Premium – Air China Fleet Review

May 4, 2017 | Air China, Airbus, AVIC, Boeing, British Aerospace, COMAC, premium

Air China is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. The airline brand is one of six created from the...

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