Lion Air and risk
Lion Air has been viewed as a risk for several years. Not a safety risk as much as a business risk for Boeing. Though as an airline with above-average accident rates (here also), the safety issue cannot be dismissed. Lion…
Category Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing beats expectations in third quarter
Boeing reported third-quarter earnings earlier today and raised its expectations for full-year income, buoying its stock price. The company reported that revenues rose 4% to $25 billion in the first three quarters, topping the $24 billion expected by analysts. Net…
Boeing 737 MAX underpins flydubai’s ambitions
The rise of Dubai as a global city is inextricably linked to that of Emirates, however, this is far from being the only major successful airline story currently unfolding at the shadow of its gleaming skyscrapers. The growth of flydubai…
Airbus and Bombardier Announce Joint Venture for CSeries
Airbus will be the white knight to rescue the C Series through a joint venture with Bombardier, announced earlier today. The agreement will include a second assembly line in Mobile, Alabama to produce C Series aircraft for the US market.…
More A321 North Atlantic action
In June, Primera Air announced its deal to lease two A321LRs from AerCap. The airline is going to be the first operator of this aircaft. It will also take delivery of eight A321neo in 2018. Today the other shoe dropped. …
MAX is coming to the USA
Norwegian’s MAXs start service on the weekend, with aircraft flying to Stuart (NY) and Bradley (CT). The lack of flying to date, we understand, was not because of any technical issue or concern. Two of the 110 MAXs the airline…