by admin | Jul 12, 2010 | Aerospace, Airshow
As we head into air show week, it might be worthwhile to consider that perhaps expectations for the show are too high. While airlines are doing better than last year, many are hoarding cash to repair balance sheets. Or they should be. The biggest news at these shows...
by Addison Schonland | Jul 12, 2010 | Aerospace, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier
Expectations are high that Bombardier will breath new life into its stalled CSeries program at the Farnborough Air Show. But based on what we are hearing, BBD may fall well short of expectations. Aerospace analysts believe that BBD will announce orders and options...
by admin | Jul 9, 2010 | Aerospace, Airbus, Boeing, EADS, Tanker
Today Boeing submitted its own 8,000 page proposal tome to for the tanker RFP. Boeing spokesperson Bill Barksdale explains how important this deal is to them and points out that his company’s airplane is not quite as lacking as was suggested by EADS yesterday in...
by admin | Jul 8, 2010 | Aerospace, Airbus
Today we have a call with Airbus Americas Chairman, Allan McArtor. Earlier today Mr McArtor an his colleagues held a briefing on their tanker submission. Our call is essentially a follow up on that briefing and Mr McArtor provides some color on how Airbus sees the WTO...
by admin | Jul 8, 2010 | Airbus, Boeing, WTO
In a PR piece just received, Airbus quotes its CEO Tom Enders responding to the WTO announcement of a further delay of the report in the Boeing subsidies case (DS 353): “We are surprised and disappointed by the last minute announcement of yet another delay by...
by admin | Jul 8, 2010 | Aerospace, Power, Solar
What a wonderful aerospace success for the Swiss! A single seat plane powered by the sun completed a successful test flight and it shows that (in theory) it might fly indefinitely, recharging its batteries as it travels. The Solar Impulse craft landed at 8am this...
