How smaller airliners compare
Much of the industry attention is focused on airplanes over 150 seats – after all that is where the big orders are. But data on the regional market – less than 100 seats – shows interesting patterns. Rather than focus…
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Bombardier at Wings Club and on Mad Money
Pierre Beaudoin, Bombardier CEO, discusses the company’s $55 billion backlog and his take on the transportation business. Watch the video to see CNBC’s Mad Money full interview. Earlier in the day Mr Beaudoin spoke at The Wings Club in NYC.…
Singapore Show Orders
This show follows the usual pattern – orders get announced for maximum media coverage. And the orders are big. Boeing started with a massive order – it’s biggest ever – Lion Air of Indonesia finalized a firm order for 201…
Podcast – 2012 and the CSeries
Airline Business Editor Max Kingsley-Jones wrote an intruiging piece on the Bombardier CSeries in 2012. So we called Max and had a chat about the airplane and its prospects. The CS is seen as living in an awkward segment –…
Bombardier CSeries gets another sale
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Geneva-based PrivatAir has placed a firm order for five CS100 airliners and has taken options on an additional five CS100 aircraft. PrivatAir was founded more than 30 years ago and operates a large fleet of…
Outlook for Aerospace in 2012
It is the time of year for prognostication. In that tradition, AirInsight will boldly go where all pundits have gone before – but with better accuracy. With our psychic powers in full swing, here are our fearless predictions for 2012:…