Airbus is pre-marketing a new concept, a 400 seat stretched version of the A350, tentatively dubbed the A350-8000. This new model would compete directly with the 406 seat 777-9. According to John Leahy, the new model would have similar capacity…
The MoM issue spiked again at last week’s ISTAT Americas. We spoke with Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia to get his thoughts. Assuming Game Theory, it sounds like Airbus has the upper hand. For now. The options Boeing faces are not…
This picture was just released from Russia. It shows the new wing part being delivered. What we find more interesting is the aircraft in the background. It appears the fuselage is largely complete. Although the image quality appears deliberately degraded,…
In 2014, Boeing signed an agreement with South Africa’s Paramount Group. The focus of the agreement was on military related projects. At the time there were various Paramount items that attracted attention, but it seemed Boeing was looking at the…
Irkut announced today that the second composite wing panel for MC-21 airliner manufactured by AeroComposite (a UAC member) was delivered to the plant of Irkut Corporation (also part of UAC). The image below is of the first wing panel delivered…
Say hello to the first US-built A321 as it exits the paint shop in Mobile, Alabama. Delivery is set for spring 2016. Views: 30