DBEA55AED16C0C92252A6554BC1553B2 DBEA55AED16C0C92252A6554BC1553B2 Clicky

ARCHIVES

GE NASA electric test airplane

In 2016, NASA announced its X-57 project. Then in June 2023, the project was canceled without a single test flight. NASA believes that even without any test flights, the program succeeded because it figured out how to solve numerous problems. Today at EAA in Oshkosh,...

Boeing and Embraer may have found a way forward

Boeing's interest in Embraer is self-evident.  This interest goes back a long time.  There are deep relationships between high-level people at both companies.   But the Brazilain government is looking at the deal with apprehension.  Even though Embraer (we have been...

Turboprop review through 3Q17

Turboprops have had a good year in 2017.  We take a look at the market and provide some insights to be found in the data. The turboprop market is big but not as exciting, perhaps, as the single-aisle market.  We can see that the number of parked aircraft has risen...

Premium #342 – Aircraft transactions through July

Despite the slower activity at air shows, the commercial aircraft business is not moribund.  There has been quite a bit of action among airlines.   The first table shows the top 20 airlines in terms of fleet changes. The list is in descending order by the total.  Note...