Embraer has its E2 flying to Singapore for the show. We first saw it in Paris last year, after its trip across the Atlantic. That ferry trip was its 16th flight, which says a lot about company and crew confidence…
The big OEMs have new models to show off today. Airbus has its new A330-800 out of the paint shop. Boeing has its new 737 MAX7 also out of the paint shop. This is great for both companies. Except the…
UPS has now exercised their options and will have 32 747-8F in service by 2022. “Our intra-U.S. next-day and deferred air shipments are expanding to record levels, and UPS’s International segment has produced four consecutive quarters of double-digit export shipment…
Boeing’s interest in Embraer is self-evident. This interest goes back a long time. There are deep relationships between high-level people at both companies. But the Brazilain government is looking at the deal with apprehension. Even though Embraer (we have been…
Aeroflot ordered 50 MC-21s today from IRKUT. Aeroflot will receive the first jet in the first quarter of 2020, with the full delivery to be completed by 2026. Under the terms of the order, Rostec, the leasing subsidiary of Aviacapital-Service,…
Airbus announced, in time for the Singapore show, that its “CityAirbus” electrical urban-air-mobility demonstrator programme reached an important milestone: the completion and “power on” of the “iron bird” ground test facility in Taufkirchen, Germany. This enables the verification of the…