AirInsight US Airline Performance Index While traffic increased slightly, the index remained nearly level at 47.0 for Saturday, August 8th, well below the threshold needed for airline profitability. Improvement in the index has stalled in July and Early August after…
It’s not a repeat of the Trent 1000 issues, Rolls-Royce stresses, but now its XWB-84 too needs extra inspections and parts replacement because of high wear of Intermediate Pressure Compressor (IPC) blades. Europe’s EASA is about to release an Airworthiness…
News: Last week, news broke that Boeing might be fined $1.25 million due to the company’s managers putting undue pressure on employees exercising their Designated Authority roles with the FAA at the Charleston 787 assembly facility. Those employees have a…
Lessor Air Lease Corporation (ALC) isn’t ruling out it has to make further material changes to its delivery schedule if current market circumstances continue to be weak for a prolonged time. ALC has reduced its order book since January from…
News: Boeing has now formally informed the world that it may now be in a “forward loss position” on the Boeing 787 and Boeing 777X aircraft programs. Let’s translate that into English from accountant-speak. What it really means is that…
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT How much value aircraft have lost? – Aerotime Airbus breaks three-month order drought – Reuters Hermeus Wins Air Force Investment After Demonstrating Mach 5 Engine – Hermeus FAA starts the clock on public comments for fixes required on…