Embraer rolled out its first E2 Jets last week, beginning with the E-190 E2. While this is an important milestone and has been extensively covered in the news, it is also important to understand what recent changes to the program…
Bombardier had good news last week to go with its earnings call, announcing the same morning that Air Canada ordered 45 CS300 aircraft with an option for 30 additional aircraft. This is the first order for the program in a…
CFM International and Pratt & Whitney both won engine deals worth a total of $7.9bn at the recent Singapore Air Show. CFM won a $4.9bn order from Transportation Partners, which is the leasing subsidiary of the Lion Group. The deal…
Last year at North American ISTAT event, AVITAS’ Adam Pilarski delivered his annual market review and pointed out that there looked like a bubble in orders. Predictably, the OEMs present snorted in derision. Well in two weeks’ time it’s the…
Last week Bloomberg put out a story that caught our eye. The way the story reads one is guided to thinking that GE is out to challenge the P&W and Rolls-Royce patents on gears. After all, “GE is challenging technology…
Boeing is in the process of replacing cash cows, something it has done successfully in the past, and hopes to continue to doing in the future. Replacing the 737 Classic with the NG was a smooth process, and went without…