IAG buys NIKI
Recently bankrupted Niki has been bought by the IAG Group for €20m. IAG plans to run NIKI as a subsidiary of its Spanish LCC Vueling. Reports are that 740 NIKI staff will be moved to the new company. In addition,…
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US Regional Airline Association annual report
The RAA provided its RAA Annual Report 2017 today. Here a few highlights from their statistics. Looking at these charts, how strong an argument can you make for a new generation regional jet in the US market? We don’t…
Santa came to Toulouse a few days late
But he certainly made it! China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited signed a firm order for 50 A320neo Family aircraft. This latest incremental order brings CALC’s total order book to date to around 200 Airbus single-aisle aircraft. Indigo Partners and…
The A319neo
There is one A319neo in flight test, D-AVWA. Its first flight was March 31, 2017 and the chart lists test flights in terms of flight hours. Only 180 so far. Is the A319neo slowing down? On October 16, Airbus and…
Mitsubishi restructures
MITAC reported the following today: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation today announced organizational changes effective from January 1, 2018. Program Management Division The Program Management Division is newly established to reinforce the development and management of the MRJ program. The Integrated Product…
Thinking through pending industry consolidation – watch for the China factor
News that Boeing and Embraer have been talking sent a shock wave to the industry just as the holidays were about to begin. The implications are tremendous and far-reaching. After the news emerged, additional news indicated that the Brazilian president initially nixed the…