Category Embraer
The Difficulty of Doing Business in India
As Dassault is discovering, doing business in India is very tough. The company was thrilled to win an order for 126 Rafales in 2012 after a long drawn out competition. Here we are in 2016, and not one aircraft has…
Canada Frees Bombardier to Sell to Iran
Saying that if Airbus can sell to Iran, Bombardier should be as well, the Canadian government announced that it plans to lift its sanctions on Iran. The process of lifting the sanctions and allowing Iran to order from Bombardier looks…
Alaska’s jet interest – good news for Embraer?
During its earnings call this week, Alaska’s CFO spoke of interest in 30 regional jets with 76 seats. These are to be deployed by Horizon Air as it returns 15 Bombardier Q400s on lease. Horizon has long been a Bombardier…
The United Order for 737-700s
This order was telegraphed a week ago. Even as late as yesterday morning we were hearing from competitors that the race was still on. But United selected Boeing late Thursday when it reported its fourth quarter numbers. The announcement was…
Embraer First Metal Cut for the E195-E2
Embraer started the parts production process for the E195-E2 jet, the second model of its new E2 generation commercial aircraft. The first part of the E195-E2 prototype is a lateral rib of the stub, which is on the Central Fuselage…