Category General Aviation
Canada Frees Bombardier to Sell to Iran
Saying that if Airbus can sell to Iran, Bombardier should be as well, the Canadian government announced that it plans to lift its sanctions on Iran. The process of lifting the sanctions and allowing Iran to order from Bombardier looks…
Alaska’s jet interest – good news for Embraer?
During its earnings call this week, Alaska’s CFO spoke of interest in 30 regional jets with 76 seats. These are to be deployed by Horizon Air as it returns 15 Bombardier Q400s on lease. Horizon has long been a Bombardier…
The United Order for 737-700s
This order was telegraphed a week ago. Even as late as yesterday morning we were hearing from competitors that the race was still on. But United selected Boeing late Thursday when it reported its fourth quarter numbers. The announcement was…
Iran and Airbus – the first shoe drops
Reports over the weekend suggest Iran is ready to sign for deals with Airbus for up to 114 aircraft. We have been looking at the Iranian market frequently (Aug 2015, Nov 2015, Dec 2015). As we suggested in earlier stories,…
Embraer Orders and Deliveries for 2015
Embraer orders and deliveries were just announced for 2015 delivery. Embraer ended the year delivering 101 commercial aircraft and 120 business jets (82 light and 38 large business jets). The total 221 aircraft is the highest volume of deliveries in…