Embraer and Iran
A news source today announced that Iran had ordered 50 Embraer aircraft. The story uses the term “government spokesman”. One might think, based on the rest of the story, the source is Iran. Turns out it may actually be a…
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The Difficulty of Doing Business in India
As Dassault is discovering, doing business in India is very tough. The company was thrilled to win an order for 126 Rafales in 2012 after a long drawn out competition. Here we are in 2016, and not one aircraft has…
Canada Frees Bombardier to Sell to Iran
Saying that if Airbus can sell to Iran, Bombardier should be as well, the Canadian government announced that it plans to lift its sanctions on Iran. The process of lifting the sanctions and allowing Iran to order from Bombardier looks…
Alaska’s jet interest – good news for Embraer?
During its earnings call this week, Alaska’s CFO spoke of interest in 30 regional jets with 76 seats. These are to be deployed by Horizon Air as it returns 15 Bombardier Q400s on lease. Horizon has long been a Bombardier…
The United Order for 737-700s
This order was telegraphed a week ago. Even as late as yesterday morning we were hearing from competitors that the race was still on. But United selected Boeing late Thursday when it reported its fourth quarter numbers. The announcement was…