New Year’s Day order
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) signed a firm order for five Bombardier Q400 NextGen plus ten options on December 31. The list price of the firm order is $160m, or $448m with options. “We have seen a growing demand for…
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A Concern with Asian Air Traffic Growth and Future Safety
There is no question about where the world’s air travel center of gravity is moving to. It’s all about Asia. Boeing has a positive outlook for this market. Airbus is also bullish on Asia. The forecasts are for new aircraft…
ARJ21 gets Chinese certification
Another OEM squeaked under the year end wire. China’s first domestic regional jet has officially been certified. This means COMAC can move forward with the ARJ21’s entry into service. The ARJ21-700 won its certificate after a series of examinations by…
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QR3350 – Media Flight
Here is a short video from flight QR3350 – the media flight from and to Toulouse on Monday this week. It was ~40 minutes of flying time, heading south towards the splendid snow capped Pyrenees along the French/Spanish border. The…