by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Aerospace, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Superjet
After the first day’s splashy news, the important takeaway is that narrow bodies are the hottest segment. On day one 150 narrow bodies were ordered. And it is the leasing companies that have taken the lead. GECAS was the big buyer, ordering 60 A320 family...
by admin | Jul 14, 2010 | Aerospace, Engines
Ernie Arvai posted this article on the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine earlier today at GLGNews. For convenience, this article is also reproduced below. Summary The new PurePower Geared Turbofan engine from Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies (NYSE:UTX)) has...
by admin | Jul 13, 2010 | Aerospace, Airshow, Superjet
An interesting article by Jon Ostrower in Flight Global predicts a North American order for the Sukhoi Superjet with a fresh letter of intent from a leasing company for 65 aircraft to be announced at Farnborough. With a 25% program ownership by Italy’s Alenia,...
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...