Boeing’s great Dubai show
At the Paris show it was all Airbus all the time. The Dubai show may see more Airbus news but they won’t top Boeing’s huge order. Boeing is having a great show so far. Starting with an order unlikely to…
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Mr Al Baker, the GTF and Other Stories
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…
LOT’s 767 after the amazing gear up landing
Last week we saw the truly masterful flying by the LOT 767 crew when the gear did not deploy. Along with everyone else, we applaud the skills of the crew. But let’s also hear it for the people at Boeing…
ElAl launches WheelTug
At the Marcus Evans conference in Barcelona today, WheelTug CEO Isaiah Cox announced a launch customer for the WheelTug. (WheelTug is an AirInsight client) There are two interesting aspects to the Wheeltug story; one is airline operations and the other…
MAX program update: some design details emerge, many remain undefined
Boeing Commercial Airplanes provided a program update on the 737 MAX today. “The 737 is a more efficient, lighter design and requires less thrust than other airplanes in this class, which is important because weight and thrust have a significant…
Looking ahead toward the Dubai Air Show
The Dubai Air Show the week of November 13 will have a fair number of orders to announce by the Middle Eastern carriers and a small number of non-Gulf customers. Some of these orders have been widely leaked already: Emirates…