UPDATE Jan 13 – The FAA has launched a formal investigation into Boeing to check if the airframer has delivered aircraft that did not comply with design and safety standards. The agency formally notified Boeing in a letter on Wednesday.…
This order was expected a year ago, and at last, here we are: Delta Air Lines ordered 20 Airbus A350-1000s and took another 20 options. There had been chatter about more A330-900s also. This model was not ordered, and we…
Delta Air Lines has kicked off the results season by announcing a $4.6 billion net profit for 2023 (GAAP), with operating revenues up by 15 percent year on year to $58 billion. And the carrier finally confirmed a long-anticipated order…
UPDATE – Airbus has ended 2023 with a record-high 2.094 net orders and delivered 735 commercial aircraft, the airframer reported on Thursday evening. This makes 2023 a landmark year, said President and CEO Guillaume Faury. With a sense of understatement,…
Here’s the updated model. Notes: 2.094 net orders for 2023 and 735 deliveries – a banner year and industry record Note our model shows gross orders 2023 deliveries are 14% short of the previous high in 2019 of 856. We…
JetZero, working with NASA and the USAF to develop a blended-wing body commercial jet, acquired the former Gulfstream facility at Long Beach Airport. With 275,000 square feet of office and hangar space, Jet Zero has the space to continue its…