This week, the US Secretary of Transportation rejected a request from Norwegian Air International (NAI) to be granted expedited approval to begin scheduled flights to the United States on an expedited basis. The dismissal order can be seen here. NAI…
The Times of India reported last week in this story, that the FAA had grounded all Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with GEnx engines. This is not the case, and there were no Airworthiness Directives issued by the FAA nor any…
The recent moves by Airbus and Boeing away from all-new programs signify a distinct trend – new airplane designs are very expensive and complicated. They are high-risk projects that are better avoided until technologies offer much greater deltas between the…
Mark Pearman Wright is Head of Corporate & Investor Marketing – Customer Affairs at Airbus, and comments on the A330neo and A350 economics vis-a-vis Boeing 787. Views: 50
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the 787 roll out. It was a very exciting day – the 787 was going to be the airplane that set the pace for the industry. It had tremendous new technologies. The airframe was…
Canada’s WestJet announced, in a briefing to its pilots, that it is planning to acquire wide-body aircraft and begin flying internationally in 2015. The carrier currently wet-leases Boeing 757s from Thomas Cook for Hawaii operations, and those contracts expire next…