Boeing has taken a $4.9 billion pre-tax charge to cover costs resulting from the MAX grounding, compensation and production delays. That’s for Q2, so the charge might increase for the year. The airframer announced the charge on July 18, six…
The impact of the grounding of the Boeing MAX keeps spreading. The impact has now reached pilot training at Southwest. Which means it is also about to or has reached that level at American and United as well. It is…
Reports surfacing this weekend indicate that Ryanair is re-branding the 737MAX on its fuselage from 737 MAX to 737-8200. A plane-spotter took photographs of one of the latest models in Seattle showing the new name, and Tweeted the photographs,…
What is your view on when the MAX returns to service? In the poll we assume there is a global approval for this, not a country by country solution. Let’s say global approval covers at least the USA, Canada, and…
Market demand for wide-body aircraft has weakened over the last year, and the backlogs for wide body aircraft are beginning to shrink as production outpaces orders. With an 11 year and counting super-cycle for commercial aircraft, cracks have begun to…
Here is our updated model. Gross orders 1H19: 108. Including contractual/accounting changes: -119 net (-180 737’s). The lack of MAX deliveries really tells on page 4 – Delta took the most deliveries YTD, followed by the Tanker . The 787-9…