At the start of 2020 there 3,147 turboprops in airline service. Of these 609 or 19% were parked. Here’s a breakdown by operating regions. Looking at the parked fleet we expect few will come back into service. They are simply…
Commercial A decade after a surge of excitement over additive manufacturing in aerospace – AvWeek Honeywell pivots to providing tech to get people flying again – RunwayGirl Mitsubishi Aircraft to focus on SpaceJet certification – Reuters “Monash University is pushing…
Mitsubishi has been castigated for its MRJ and SpaceJet program. However, take a look at what it accomplished by doing the CRJ deal with Bombardier. Not only did the lawsuit go away (remember that ?), but Mitsubishi now has a…
Commercial Airbus veterans called up to rescue aviation supply chain – FT Airbus warns more risk to jobs in UK than in France and Germany – FT EASA wants Boeing to install Synthetic Airspeed on the MAX – SeattleTimes Boeing…
Mitsubishi has pulled back from the market. Years of delays and fumbles have left the program in a very uncertain light. Deals with US airlines are now clearly up for grabs. Covid was actually an opportunity for Mitsubishi as the…
Here’s our updated model. Boeing won some new orders last month. Deliveries remain tepid as was the case for Airbus. Covid has pushed deliveries back across the industry . While 2020 is an appalling year for OEMs, this comes after…