neo Fueled Engine Race
[UPDATE – The table and blog updated] Besides seeing its neo sales continue to grow – perhaps not as fast this year as last – Airbus created a race for the two engine firms. The stakes are huge. Both CFM…
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Singapore Show Orders
This show follows the usual pattern – orders get announced for maximum media coverage. And the orders are big. Boeing started with a massive order – it’s biggest ever – Lion Air of Indonesia finalized a firm order for 201…
Podcast – 2012 and the CSeries
Airline Business Editor Max Kingsley-Jones wrote an intruiging piece on the Bombardier CSeries in 2012. So we called Max and had a chat about the airplane and its prospects. The CS is seen as living in an awkward segment –…
Airbus to Enhance A330 Capabilities
Today La Tribune reports that Airbus is going to increase the MTOW of the A330-300 by five tonnes to 240 tonnes. This should enable the A330-300 to increase its range by 400 miles. The additional weight will be offset by…
As Airbus and Boeing’s production sells out
The NEO and MAX have taken the market by storm. Customers seem to be willing to stand in line – even though the 787 and A380 programs taught that sometimes one can order too early. Yet the desire for fuel…
Big airplane sales mean big engine sales
This morning CFM provided the following PR: “CFM International (CFM) had a record year in 2011, logging orders for 1,500 commercial, military and spare CFM56 engines and commitments for 3,056 LEAP engines for a combined value of $51.7 billion at…