Category Aerospace
Concorde First Commercial Service was Forty Years Ago
Forty years ago, on January 21, 1976, the Concorde made its first passenger flight. The magnificent lines of this airplane still seem timeless, much as the Lockheed Constellation a few generations before. The aircraft remains one of the most beautiful…
Aeropatent – a neat industry resource
We spoke with London-based Philip Robinson, founder of Aeropatent. With a number of year’s experience in the patent world, Philip created Aeropatent to focus on the many patents being filed by the aerospace industry. He explains what they do. It…
More 737-700 news
Yesterday the aviation world was aflutter over the United Airlines selection of the 737-700. And it was with good reason, as our chart showed, the -700 is ex-growth. Market interest is minimal. Then more news emerged about the -700 that,…
Alaska’s jet interest – good news for Embraer?
During its earnings call this week, Alaska’s CFO spoke of interest in 30 regional jets with 76 seats. These are to be deployed by Horizon Air as it returns 15 Bombardier Q400s on lease. Horizon has long been a Bombardier…
ATR’s 2015 numbers
ATR reported their 2015 numbers and they are impressive. The OEM set a new record of deliveries at 88 aircraft. It received 76 firm orders and 81 options and it passed the threshold of 200 operators. ATR achieved a record turnover…