As the old song states, “Liar, Liar, pants on fire, your nose is longer than a telephone wire.” The advertising war between Airbus and Boeing has kicked up a notch, with Airbus showing an Boeing aircraft with a Pinocchio nose…
This week, Airbus began expanding its testing program for its “Sharklets” to include the A319 in addition to the A320. With that announcement, Airbus provided some initial feedback regarding the testing completed so far on A320, which indicate that performance…
We had a chance to spend time with an aerospace pioneer. Stanley Fishkind is a retired NASA Chief Engineer and CIO. Mr Fishkind spent twenty years at NASA. Prior to this he spent twenty years as an engineer working for…
The EU ETS process has vexed airlines and governments outside the EU like few other issues. Most industry people don’t want to discuss the process because there could be repercussions. Nonetheless European Business Aviation Association CO Pedro Vincente Azua spoke…
This week we had the opportunity to visit the A350XWB FAL inauguration. The event was well attended by French politicians. After all the FAL will employ a large number of skilled people in France. Program boss Didier Evrard said the…
Erik Venter is CEO of South Africa-based Comair. Mr Venter speaks with us about his airline and the challenges it faces, as well as the opportunities, of operating in South Africa. Comair has been operating profitably for over 60…