AirInsight has released its latest in-depth report on the Bombardier CSeries program. The report consists of 55 pages of analysis and charts. A significant portion of the report is focused on the history since our previous 2012 report. The report…
Viking Aircraft, which currently produces the Twin Otter, has acquired the type certificate and production rights to the CL-415 Water-Bomber from Bombardier, as well as the aftermarket rights and type certificates for the earlier CL-215 and CL-215T water-bombers. This is…
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2016 is the best year the CSeries has had. Besides the spate of orders, yesterday Bombardier won certification from EASA and the FAA for the CS100. “Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that its CS100 aircraft has been awarded Type Validation…
The current backlog for aircraft is well known. There are some, AirInsight included, who believe that there is an emerging bubble in the single aisle market. The OEMs argue strongly that this is not the case, and that the large…
Air travel is a very safe mode of travel, with few accidents and a trend line that points to increasing safety year by year. The following chart shows worldwide airline fatalities per million passengers from 1976 through 2014. The trend…