A320neo LEAP hours build
Take a look at the LEAP flight test hours on the neo through the start of June. As of COB yesterday the program has accumulated nearly 14 hours of block time and just over 8 hours of flight time. As…
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Skymark, Airbus and the A380
Skymark is bankrupt and is a case study for an airline’s eyes being too big for its stomach. We were not alone in finding this airline’s order of A380s – especially six of them – to be over the top.…
A320neo Flight Test Update
As another key program, the A320neo progress is important to follow. The chart below lists the flight hours to date. We will keep the P&W aircraft in blue and the CFM aircraft in green. Views: 18
Opposing views on the 100-150 seat market
We have been most fortunate to be briefed by two leading aircraft OEMs in the last two weeks. And what a different view of the world they show — one wonders if they’re in the same business. The chart below…
Airbus ships first parts for Mobile assembly
A320 aircraft production in the U.S. is on schedule to begin this summer as large aircraft components for the first U.S.-produced aircraft departed from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Mobile, Alabama. The parts on a ship named BBC Atlantic. The major…