Last Friday we had an opportunity to catch up with Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer. As the global commercial aviation industry starts to climb out from the pandemic, Mr. Scherer is a very busy man and we fortunate to get…
The LATAM Airlines Group’s unsecured creditors’ committee in its Chapter 11 proceedings alleged this week that Delta Air Lines and Qatar Airways took advantage of LATAM’s precarious position in 2020. The committee stated that these two carriers perpetrated fraud against LATAM.…
Airbus celebrates three program milestones. It announced new developments today on the A321XLR in France as well as on the A220 in China and Canada. Assembly of the nose and forward fuselage of the first A321XLR will commence soon at the…
Here’s the updated model. Airbus had a good June with 166 orders and 297 deliveries YTD June 2021 Asia and North America have been the year’s strongest delivery markets The A321neo accounts for 64% of orders YTD which is rather…
News this week from our friends at TAC about Delta Air Lines scouring the market for A350s got us thinking – where are these aircraft? Delta has a history of not rushing into new aircraft and, consequently has been able…
Airbus has started fuselage-equipping in Tianjin. Sections of A320neo-family aircraft will be equipped at its Chinese assembly plant. This work was previously done in Europe, but from now on will happen in China on aircraft that will be delivered to…