The Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) has been selected for use on five of the seven new narrow-body programs under development, including Bombardier’s CSeries, Airbus A320neo, Mitsubishi Regional Jet, IRKUT MS-21, and Embraer E2Jets. We spoke with Bob Saia,…
Today we spoke with Luís Carlos Affonso, Embraer’s Commercial Aviation COO about the company’s decision process when confronted a clean sheet competitor with a disruptive new engine. Follow the link below to listen to our podcast. Back in 2010 and…
On Saturday, Embraer completed the first flight of its new midsized business jet, the Legacy 450. The initial flight for the aircraft had a duration of one hour and thirty five minutes, during which a preliminary evaluation of handing and…
What an interesting December! Santa seems to have made an early visit to Canada. Air Canada ordered 61 Boeing 737 MAXs worth $6.5bn at list prices, a big win over Airbus. This is a customer turnover, which makes the deal…
The market for business jets started downward in 2008, after the last financial crisis, and has still not recovered to its previous levels. But data, while remaining mixed, are finally beginning to point in the right direction in terms of…
Iran has been under sanctions on commercial aviation since 1995. Its airlines fly old aircraft and safety has been compromised frequently. The national fleet averages 22 years old. One report suggests that 100 grounded aircraft could come back into service…