Engine maker Rolls-Royce recently officially opened a brand-new indoor testbed for the future generation of powerplants. Called Testbed 80 and situated at its Derby headquarters, the facility will be the home of UltraFan when the demonstrator starts ground testing in 2022.…
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Here’s the updated model. Remember the double-headed arrow to optimize viewing. Very few orders this month. But still includes a nice one for five A359s from Lufthansa. YTD, A321neo orders are at 1.2x A320neo. A220, A320neo, and A321neo account for…
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent. Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was intra-African. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and…
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Boeing CEO David Calhoun is careful with rate increases. He isn’t willing to announce increases that go too far into the future. A wrong signal to suppliers might backfire on Boeing if predicted numbers fall short, Calhoun said on June 3…