Porter’s Big Move
There is much reported on the CSeries order by Canada’s Porter Airlines. Canada’s Globe and Mail reports the airline is going to order 12 CS100s and option 18 more. The news is bringing up a lot of debate of how…
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Cyber-Security and Aviation
Cyber-security has been in the news lately with the recent cyber attack on South Korea, thought to be the work of the North Koreans. This follows issues in the US pointing fingers at the Chinese PLA Unit 61398. Before these…
Airbus, Boeing Single Aisle Battle Intensifies
The battle between Airbus and Boeing is especially intense in the single-aisle market, for which more than new 20,000 aircraft are required over the next 20 years. In the 100-210 seat market, examining the Big Two OEMs only, Airbus currently…
The Race to Paris
Progress is being made on both the Airbus A350 and Bombardier CSeries, each of which are scheduled for first flights in June. Airbus has installed the Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines and Honeywell APU on its first A350 this…
Another CSeries milestone
Bombardier announced today that their CSeries Flight Test Vehicle achieved a milestone. The announced successfully completed the first full powering on of the main electrical distribution system on the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV1) is one of the many…
Is the A350 Order by JAL a Rebuke to Boeing?
Several international press reports today indicate that Japan Air Lines is about to break its all-Boeing fleet and order aircraft from Airbus. Reuters is reporting that the order will be for 20 Airbus A350 -1000 aircraft with an order valued…