Recently, All Nippon Airways (ANA)’s started phase two of its U.S. marketing campaign, “Welcome to Experience Class™”. The Japanese airline is focusing on increasing awareness of Asian destinations for US travelers. We asked Tadashi Matsushita, Head of Strategy for the…
Mitsubishi has brought Japan’s first passenger aircraft since the YS-11 more than 50 years ago, the MRJ-90, to the Paris Air Show. Shunichi Miyanaga, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said “we have brought it here to demonstrate that…
We undertook a review of A320neo flight operations. There were 71 A320neo aircraft in operation at the end of February. An analysis of the 28,105 flights scheduled provides some interesting insights. With recent news reports suggesting difficulties with engines, we…
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News this week about Singapore Airlines not renewing the lease on its first A380 has caused a flutter. The considered opinion is that this is another piece of bad news for the Airbus program. The Wall Street Journal has this…
Problems with fatigue cracking resulting from sulfidation corrosion is plaguing the Trent 1000 engines utilized by 169 Boeing 787 aircraft. Since February, there have been three “engine incidents” at All Nippon Airways, the first and most experienced operator of…