Lufthansa recently ordered the A320neo, joining ILFC as a major customer in the first quarter. ILFC ordered 60 of their 100 aircraft with the Pratt & Whitney GTF, with 40 options, providing a boost to the GTF program. The focus…
Gary Scott is President of Bombardier Aerospace and provides a summary of his speech at ISTAT. He was direct, but polite. Despite the naysayers Mr Scott is confident in his team and their product. As he puts it, they have…
The bucolic scenery outside the event belies the cerebral goings on inside. The caliber of speakers today have been simply outstanding. Attendees unquestionably are now as briefed as anyone can be on the state of play at the big four…
If there is one thing the aerospace industry has learned over the past few years it is the scary things that come with outsourcing. On the one hand, everyone wants to save money and drive costs lower. But as we…
This morning P&W sent out an update PR. Here is an excerpt. “Pratt & Whitney successfully completed initial ground testing on its first PurePower® PW1000G series engine, the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft. The engine completed nearly 200…
The data presented comes from the US Regional Airlines Association. The story behind these numbers bears some thought. The last three periods in particular. Between 1980 and 2009, the number of regional carriers declined 75%. Yet those which remained grew…