Morning Call – Thursday 3 October 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Category Aerospace
Rising Maintenance Costs Impact Small Single Aisle Aircraft
The mainstay of the 100-150 seat market in the US has been the A319 and 737-700. Each of these types is beginning to age. We examined maintenance costs for both types and found that as a percentage of total…
Insight: Wednesday 2 October 2019: Boeing’s new pickle
Morning Call – Wednesday 2 October 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Embraer Preator 500 is FAA and EASA Certified
The Embraer Preator 500 model has obtained EASA and FAA certification, which, along with the Praetor 600, was announced at NBAA in 2018. The Praetor 600 was certified in May, 2019, and is now joined by the Praetor 500. The…
Luise and Renate get company: more robots at Airbus Hamburg
Luise and Renate get company. The two drilling and filling robots at Airbus Hamburg FAL4 that entered service in early 2018 are not the only robots anymore. On October 1, Airbus officially inaugurated a new automated fuselage structure assembly line…