Aircraft pricing is a touchy subject. Airlines don’t like to discuss it, nor do the OEMs. Nobody pays list prices, and nobody talks about the discount they get either. Indeed, as we have heard at ISTAT – if you want…
It is well known that list prices for commercial aircraft are no guide to market pricing. The list numbers are nowhere close to reality. However, list prices do provide a useful guide to OEM market posture. List prices send signals…
Less discussed, so far, in terms of follow on impact of Delta’s decision to select the CS100 is its impact on the US regional airline market. Any discussion on the US regional airline market brings up the scope clause issue. …
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The Airbus Military A400M is in the news again, and once again the news would have you believe the program is in deep trouble. The program is facing a technical issue, but this is not a show stopper. The issue…
It has taken a long time to get here, but things may be moving faster than many realize. Bombardier has, for a long time, spoken of the CSeries target customers “waiting in the wings”. It was an awkward statement, because…