Airbus announced today its structural assembly of the first A350 XWB aft fuselage destined for the first flying A350 XWB (MSN1) has been completed at its manufacturing site in Hamburg. The fuselage section will now undergo its secondary interior structural…
The WTO Appeals Panel released its public version of the review of the original WTO Findings on the EU complaint about Boeing illegal subsidies. Both the European Union and the US Trade Representative claimed victory, as did Airbus and Boeing.…
Kingfisher Airlines is sinking fast. Consider: ATR turbo-prop orders have been canceled, all 38 of them; IATA has booted the airline out of its various services for non-payment and sinking financial condition; Staff isn’t being paid and as a result,…
Bombardier announced today that Warsaw-base Eurolot ordered eight Q400s plus 12 options. Based on list price for the Q400 the firm order contract is valued at $246 million. The contract value would increase to $625 million when all 12 options…
We had the opportunity to speak with Chris Young, Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engine Program Director. He describes the program’s progress – 18 months into the test phase; they now have their ninth engine running. With over 1,700 hours they have…
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…