Mark Lapidus is CEO of Amedeo, a leasing firm with with 20 A380s on order. Selling the A380 has proven to be a complicated task. The aircraft is the largest passenger airliner and for many airlines, the A380 is intimidating. …
The key issue from today’s Airline Economics event in Dublin has been the unexpected windfall for the industry because of lower fuel prices. The most immediate expectation is that airlines are getting to make windfall profits. This is obviously good…
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) signed a firm order for five Bombardier Q400 NextGen plus ten options on December 31. The list price of the firm order is $160m, or $448m with options. “We have seen a growing demand for…
Benjamin Disraeli made these words famous while aerospace keeps them current. Industry forecasts are difficult work. The major OEMs and independent firms have teams of highly educated people working on annual forecasts, with access to every imaginable input, and spend…
Macquarie AirFinance has placed an order for 40 CSeries aircraft, with options for an additional 10, providing a boost to the program. All of the orders are for the larger CS300 model, with deliveries scheduled between 2017 and 2019. This…
The CSeries returned to flying yesterday, September 7th, with FTV2 making a short flight at Mirabel with the modified engines from Pratt & Whitney installed. The flight was routine and uneventful. The photo below from Bombardier shows FTV2 flying yesterday.…