In light of the experience with supply chain challenges at Airbus and Boeing, the markets have been eyeing the CSeries development program at Bombardier with a well deserved jaundiced view. After all, if the big OEMs can’t get it right, how…
Now that Airbus has made the decision to proceed with the A320 New Engine Option (NEO), what is the impact on the aviation industry? First, the decision was long-expected and in many respects overdue. Many initially expected Airbus to make…
Qantas is an airline with an incredible safety record. Its reputation is well deserved and was immortalized in the movie “Rainman”. Equally impressive is the history of the airline. Qantas opened for business in 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory…
Now that Airbus’ NEO is official, what next? We now have three players in the 100-149 seat segment. The duopoly is over and the segment is now more complex. Before NEO, Airbus and Boeing vacillated between three options; do nothing,…
The current state of the unending tanker war is as it always was – nowhere. We discuss the situation with Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia. The conversation starts off talking about Loren Thompson’s information about Boeing feeling like they are losing…
The Pratt & Whitney PW1524G Pure Power engine for the Bombardier CSeries has reached the 100 hour point in testing, and noise is the next issue on the test agenda. So far, so good for the first of the next…