A Man and his Engine
Here is a very pleased Bob Saia from PW standing by a CSeries fan blade. The company firmed its order with ILFC today for 120 GTF engines plus spares. No wonder he’s smiling! Note, by the way, the blade has…
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ALC and Udvar-Hazy Order A320neo
As expected, Air Lease Corporation, headed by Steve Udvar-Hazy, signed an MOU for 50 A320neo aircraft with options for 14 more. They also announced orders for 11 A330 and 1 A321 aircraft at Paris. “This new order enables ALC to…
SAS Orders 30 Airbus neo Aircraft with LEAP engine
SAS provided Airbus another large neo order today, and has chosen the CFM LEAP engine to power that fleet. This order is significant because SAS is a major operator of 737NG aircraft. SAS currently operates 12 Airbus narrow-bodies and 67…
Ryanair and Comac – Part II
Just after Addison mused about the C919 model in a Ryanair office in a post yesterday, new reports today indicate that Ryanair will announce cooperation with COMAC in developing the aircraft at the Paris Air Show. Maybe there is something…
Virgin America selects CFM LEAP engine for A320neo
Virgin America selected the CFM LEAP engine for its Airbus A320neo fleet. This was no surprise–we predicted this in our Paris Air Show preview below. We expected the order to be announced at the show, but this helps build momentum…
Outlook for Paris Air Show
As we head into the Paris Air Show, here is AirInsight’s outlook: The big news at air shows are orders for new aircraft. Forget the drivel that Airbus “saves” up orders for the show and Boeing doesn’t. Customers drive when…