Today CFM International announced their LEAP-1C engine, for the COMAC C919, has won certification from both EASA and the FAA. The certification from both agencies is unusual. Another unusual feature of this engine is that CFM provided COMAC with a…
Impressions of Finnair’s A350 Business Class The A350 XWB has been touted by Airbus and its operating airlines as representing a significant step forward when it comes to the passenger experience. Does it live up to the expectations? With nearly…
On November 29th Portuguese flag carrier TAP retired its last Fokker 100. When flight TP1937 from Porto, operated by “Albatroz” (CS-TPA), touched down at Lisbon Portela airport, it brought a quarter of a century of Fokker 100 service in Portugal to…
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The Boeing-Iran Deal Boeing and Iran have finalized the terms of a transaction for 80 aircraft with a list price of $16.6 billion. The transaction includes 50 737s and 30 777s to be delivered from 2018 to 2028. But just…
Airbus Helicopters was delivered another blow to its Super Puma EC-225 aircraft as Statoil has formally dropped the aircraft and now prohibits employees to be transported in any model of the helicopter, instead moving primarily to the Sikorsky S-92 for…