As the C Series deliveries grow and the E2 is about to make the first delivery, it is an opportunity to revisit the market for the sub-150 seat jets. The size of this market varies from about 4,000 to close…
What does a recent history of the United fleet look like? The chart shows the airline was actually seeing a slow shrink in the fleet until its merger with Continental. Breaking down the fleet by OEM we see the following.…
Looking at the history of the commercial airline fleet since 2000, we can see an interesting trend. For several years now the percentage (red line) of parked aircraft has been slowly falling. It dropped sharply last year. This last happened…
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IRKUT reported that they have completed construction on the second MC-21. “At the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irkut Corporation (part of UAC), the construction of the second MC-21-300 aircraft, intended for flight testing, was completed. The testing results…
Boeing, which brought and both won and lost a trade case before the International Trade Commission in the United States, faced a March 22nd deadline to appeal that decision to the Court of International Trade. Boeing apparently has chosen not…