Awash in oil
Crude oil exports to Asia from the US, Brazil and the North Sea have jumped 55% in the first four months of 2017, according to the latest figures from Vortexa, the oil markets analytics platform. Vortexa is an analytics platform…
Category Aerospace
Limits to a Bombardier CS500
The fracas between Boeing and Bombardier seems focused on a fear at Boeing that Bombardier could become another Airbus. That is highly amusing. In the ITC documents Boeing talks up a CS500 as the outcome they anticipate being the growing…
Executive Q&A at Pratt & Whitney Media Day
Bob Leduc, President of Pratt & Whitney, John Saabas, President of Pratt & Whitney Canada, Matthew Bromberg, President of Military Engines, and Chris Calio, President of Commercial Engines, answered questions from reporters at the Pratt & Whitney Media Day. Views:…
An Update: GTF Engine from Pratt & Whitney
AirInsight attended Pratt & Whitney’s media day. Here’s what’s new regarding the GTF and their commercial engine business given the initial ramp-up and entry into service difficulties. The company is making positive progress, but not as fast as Airbus and…
Pratt & Whitney Certifies GTF Engines for Mitsubishi and Embraer
Pratt & Whitney and its OEM partners announced today the Type Certification for the GTF engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the PW1200G, as well as the GTF engine for the Embraer E2-190 and E2-195, the PW1900G. The PW1200G will…
Embraer’s E2 Flight Test progress
Embraer’s E2 flight test program has been a rather quiet affair. The OEM announces milestones but there is scant third-party program tracking. Embraer reported that the flight test fleet accumulated more than 650 flight hours after its first flight in…