Late in the evening yesterday an intriguing note arrived. “Air Lease Corporation (ALC) announced the sale of 25 ATR aircraft in its fleet to Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (“NAC”). These ATR aircraft have served ALC well in meeting the demand…
Take a look at this Bloomberg story. The key here is: “The first flight of the plane is projected to be in next year’s second half, Embraer said by e-mail, ahead of a planned commercial debut in 2018.” Embraer has…
The dearth of new orders for the C Series is a source of concern for anyone following the program. Why, one might ask, is such a technically good aircraft not winning orders? Bombardier’s competitors have been very successful at undermining…
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First it was Qatar. Now its IndiGo. Airbus has been doing a great job moving its neo program along. The program’s sales are substantially ahead of the competing 737 MAX. Everything looked so good until mid-December. IndiGo’s reaction to the…
Aeroflot looks it has plans to cherry-pick from the Transaero fleet. Deals with some Russian lessors allow Aeroflot put selected Transaero aircraft back into service. Aeroflot signed an LoI with VEB-Leasing, Transaero’s largest Russian lessor, for nine Boeing 747s and…