The announcement of job cuts is never a pleasant message, but in the case of Bombardier, appear to be both a financial and economic necessity. Bombardier is facing numerous challenges across its multiple business lines, rail, business aircraft, and commercial…
There are many airlines that operate on the fringes. But there is one that warrants a place of its own; Air Zimbabwe. Let’s take a look at what we have here as of 2Q16. The airline is small and has…
CFM International has delivered the 30,000th CFM56 engine. The company reports that the milestone engines, one each for Airbus and Boeing, were recently delivered to customers, including a CFM56-5B going to Delta Air Lines powering an Airbus A320ceo and a…
Today Airbus delivered it’s 10,000 airplane. It is an A350-900 for Singapore Airlines making this is a big day for Airbus. Airbus made its first delivery in 1974. It took a lot of confidence to create the company from a…
The Russian market just grew a bit more competitive. For aircraft in the 100-seat segment, the Sukhoi SuperJet has pretty much had the home advantage. But Embraer has seen the Embraer E-170 and E-175 awarded type certificates in Russia. Russian…
Spirit Airlines accepted the first A320neo delivery in the United States with an aircraft on lease from AerCap. This is the first of five scheduled deliveries, with four additional options for Spirit. Ted Christie, Spirit’s Chief Financial Officer stated “…