Scott Hamilton speaks with Pratt & Whitney’s Bob Saia about the PurePower (AKA GTF). They talk about scalability, engine variants, materials, MRO/costs, and he mentions the Goodrich nacelle technologies. This last item is something not often discussed. Then they talk…
John Leahy, Airbus COO Customers, April 5 showed just how confident Airbus is in its single aisle family. He said: “We see an open market of 12,000 Single Aisle aircraft by 2030. I expect to sell at least 6,000 neo…
After the Airbus neo Technical Briefing in Toulouse, France, today, AirInsight had a chance to speak with Mr Leahy in his office. We had a few questions we wanted to hear his views on. The 100-149 seat market. Boeing seems…
ABC News is reporting that the Boeing 737-300 involved in the Southwest Airlines emergency Friday had fatigue cracks. Citing an unidentified source, ABC said the cracks were found near the six foot long hole but that it is unclear, at…
Earlier today we heard from Airbus America’s Chairman about the WTO ruling announced today. Now we have the perspective of that same ruling from the other side. Boeing spokesman Tim Neale provides their perspective of the WTO situation. Interestingly both…
Today the WTO released its findings on subsidies enjoyed by Boeing – a response to the WTO’s earlier findings about subsidies enjoyed by Airbus. The numbers are huge – bottom line according to Airbus, based on WTO data of sales…