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…
There are 84 E-190s flown by US airlines. Embraer has delivered 482, and the US fleet accounts for 17% of the total. The following table shows the fleets for E-190 operators in the United States. Two weeks ago JetBlue deferred…
If you wondered just how much time and effort goes into airline fleet strategy, here’s a briefing by one of the industry’s leading experts. Lufthansa has occasional events they call an “Academy”, where they have senior managers explain the “behind…