Mr Putin’s visit to China was busy. The two nations signed 17 deals. One deal attracted our attention. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and COMAC signed a memorandum of understanding on manufacture of a wide-body long-range aircraft. A Russian report states…
Azul Airlines, Amyris, Inc.Embraer and GE announced that Amyris’ renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane has successfully passed all required testing and will be used during a demonstration flight on an Azul E195. The “Azul+Verde” (a Greener Blue) flight…
Over the past two years we have seen a remarkable surge in orders for single aisle airplanes. Much of this has been driven by fuel prices. But there has also been an issue bubbling under – airplanes in many fleets…
The news that Mitsubishi is delaying EIS of the MRJ 70/90 by more than a year is a small boost to competitors Bombardier and Embraer. BBD offers the CRJ900 90-seater and EMB offers the E-170/175 70-seater and the 90 seat…
The RAA provides great data on the US regional airline industry. We took a look at the fleet breakdown and created this chart. It is amazing that the 50-seat regional jet accounts for 59% of operations. Note that turboprops account…
Although Airbus and Boeing came off a record year for orders in 2011 and Boeing is expected to have a record year this year as nearly 1,000 commitments for the 737 MAX are converted to orders, there are plenty of…