As we reach the halfway point of the year, Airbus is reporting a record backlog of nearly 7 years’ of production, with Boeing closing in on similar record levels. But how firm are these firm orders? And what about options,…
The Asiana Airways crash in San Francisco was only the second major crash of a Boeing 777, both occurring during landing situations, and both resulting in a majority of the passengers walking away from the crash. The fact that the…
Recently Lufthansa conducted an “academy” in New York around the fuel problems the airline faces. Invitees were all local media, and it was a small group. The airline brought in three high level executives who made presentations of how the…
Today Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou published the following open letter (Stelios voting intentions at EZJ EGM – July 11). The case he makes is, by all appearances, rational. As a response to this letter, we sent over some questions for Sir…
EGTS is the acronym for the e-taxi solution from Honeywell and SAFRAN, which was demonstrated this week at the Paris Air Show. A description of their product can be found here. The photo below shows how this solution looks on…
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