The Dubai Air Show opens next Sunday with high expectations for new orders at both Boeing and Airbus. With the emergence of the Gulf carriers as key customers, and for the first time orders expected from all three majors at…
Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker is at it again, challenging an OEM. In June at the Paris air show he was gung ho for the 777x; “We would definitely want to be the launch customer”. Mr Al Baker said…
Reuters reports that Norwegian has requested a meeting with Boeing to discuss its 787 challenges. The airline has two 787s in its fleet and another three on order. The two in service aircraft have experienced service delays; a power supply…
For years now – yes years – Mr Al Baker has been waxing and waning on the Pratt & Whitney geared fan engine. Back in 2009 he went so far as to say that the GTF on the A320 would…
In a clever move, Qatar is exploiting the Iranian airline situation. With sanctions biting hard, Iranian airlines are all in trouble. Safety is clearly being hit. Below is a video of the latest example of what is becoming a sort…
While in Seattle to take delivery of his airline’s 100th airplane, Qatar CEO’s Mr Al Baker shared that the reason Cargolux had not taken delivery is related to a 2.7% fuel-burn shortfall on the new freighter’s GE engines. Since Qatar…