[UPDATE – see MRJ Update under downloads under Featured Downloads] Today Mitsubishi announced its first flight plans for October – “Latter half of October 2015” is their language. The flight is planned for an hour. We are in an era…
Superjet had earlier bragged about getting orders at MAKS 2015. A deal with Iran is no surprise and was expected. Then came news of a deal with Jordan being in the works. And a deal with Kazakhstan. This was followed…
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Brazil’s embattled president is under pressure like few other political leaders. After winning a slim re-election, she has seen her popularity plummet. Brazilians don’t seem to buy her innocence regarding the corruption at state oil giant Petrobras. The country is…
In the last few years, aircraft OEMs have built up record backlogs, particularly for re-engined narrow-body aircraft. With record order levels over the last few years, the big OEMs are planning production increases to meet the strong demand. But if…
[UPDATED with comment from Bombardier] We have previously reported that Iran is the next exciting market opportunity for the OEMs. It won’t be as big as China or Russia. But there is pent up demand and there is a money…