City Airways, based in Thailand, has signed an agreement with ICBC Leasing and COMAC for 10 ARJ-21 regional jets and 10 C919 narrow-body jets. This international sale, to a customer currently operating 2 Boeing jets, indicates that COMAC will be…
Boeing has begun production of the 737MAX aircraft, with the first aircraft entering the production line. After deliveries of major components in August, production has officially begun and technicians have now joined the fuselage and wings of the first aircraft, which…
Bombardier is in transition, with a new management team that continues to evolve. Last week’s addition of Nico Buchholz as Vice President of Procurement provides yet another seasoned industry executive to the management team, with prior experience at Airbus and…
Late last week Airbus announced that it had started cutting metal for the first A330neo. Airbus’ statement was: The first A330neo is coming to life one year after the programme was launched, with the first ‘cutting of metal’ underway at…
With data now available through the 2nd quarter of 2015, we took a look at the Russian civil aviation market, our third in a series of market surveys. This market is facing challenges and are there any trends one can discern?…
Aerospace is a big business but it is an industry increasingly consolidated. Big business yes, but a shrinking industry for sure. The recent July deal by UTC to sell its Sikorsky helicopter unit to Lockheed Martin for $9bn is an…