Although Airbus and Boeing came off a record year for orders in 2011 and Boeing is expected to have a record year this year as nearly 1,000 commitments for the 737 MAX are converted to orders, there are plenty of…
Much of the industry attention is focused on airplanes over 150 seats – after all that is where the big orders are. But data on the regional market – less than 100 seats – shows interesting patterns. Rather than focus…
It is the time of year for prognostication. In that tradition, AirInsight will boldly go where all pundits have gone before – but with better accuracy. With our psychic powers in full swing, here are our fearless predictions for 2012:…
AirInsight looks back on the highs and lows in commercial aviation in 2011, all in no particular order. HIGHS 1. Airbus has runaway success with the A320neo, exceeding its own expectations. 2. After a late start, Boeing clearly shifts into…
The famous World Trade Organization dispute than found both sides of the Atlantic needed to clean up their government support to their airframe manufacturers has resulted in positive changes in procedures and behavior. Airbus and Europe reported today that they…
Embraer announced yesterday, as expected, that it will re-engine the relatively young (7 year old) E-Series of jets with new technology engines to make them more competitive with the similarly sized Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Sukhoi Superjet, and the larger…