Making Boeing Great Again should not be the goal of US trade policy. The trade action by Boeing against Bombardier appears, superficially, to fit well with President Trump’s campaign theme to Make America Great Again. President Trump campaigned against unfair…
The 100 seat aircraft market is undergoing a transition, as Sukoi, Embraer and Bombardier all have new aircraft available in that size category. At the same time, several aircraft types are aging dramatically or economically challenged that need replacement. And…
California Pacific Airlines, an airline start-up based in Carlsbad, California whose brand name is CP Air, hopes to start operations by April 1, 2018. This is after nine years of unsuccessful attempts to take off. CP Air is planning routes…
Embraer reported late yesterday that their KC-390 arrived in Florida. The KC-390 multi-mission military transport and tanker jet will start a series of flight trials in the United States as part of its flight test campaign for certification. The aircraft left…
Both Embraer and Bombardier have come out with bullish comments on the region. Take a look at this video from Bloomberg. This is followed by another series of remarks from Embraer’s CEO. Bombardier has a similar outlook on the region’s…
In 2Q17 there were 1,365 A319s in the market as the table lists. Only about 1% were parked. The fleet is also rather young. We do know that Airbus favors the C Series over its slow-selling A319. Airbus cannot play…