In an embarrassment for Boeing, Cargolux has postponed the initial delivery of the 747-8F scheduled for Monday, resulting in a PR disaster for Boeing. Rather than reporting the success of the 747-8 first delivery, the global media descending on Seattle…
ATR has delivered its first new model ATR-72-600 to Royal Air Maroc. The new aircraft are more efficient that prior models, and compete with the Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 in the turboprop sector. Perhaps the biggest change for ATR is the…
Reading various reports on the retirement of Gary Scott would have you believe it was he alone that kept the CSeries program alive. Yesterday Bombardier announced his retirement for personal reasons. It came as a surprise for many, including us.…
This debate should be about the technologies, but never is. Passengers who are unfamiliar with the technologies see propellers on a plane and assume it is old and noisy. Readers of this blog hopefully are not in that category. Pure…
Russian airline Gazpromavia ordered 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft for its regional routes in Russia, and announced the order at the MAKS Moscow Air Show. The order is worth $323 million at list prices. Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of Sukhoi Civil…
Bombardier received a significant LOI for the CSeries today from Russia, home of the competing Sukhoi Superjet. This order, from Ilyushin Finance, is for 3 CS100 and 7 CS300 models plus ten options, and purchase rights for ten additional aircraft,…