The trend towards “right sizing” aircraft and “horses for courses” appears to be changing as we analyze the size of recent orders. But this growth and up-sizing appears to be confined to the narrow-body market. In 2019, for the first…
The first month of the new decade has already been turbulent, with the continuing soap opera surrounding the Boeing 737 MAX, uncertainty over trade with US-China, US-EU, Brexit–EU, and the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China causing major disruptions in…
Boeing ended 2019 with a net loss of $636 million, down from a $10.460 billion profit the previous year, reflecting the annus horribilis that followed the MAX-issues. Commercial Airplanes suffered most, recording a net los for the full year of…
The future of electric powered aircraft took a major step this week. On Tuesday December 10, Harbour Air CEO and Founder Greg McDougall took a modified de Havilland Beaver floatplane off the Frasier River next to Vancouver International Airport on…
Dassault Aviation is on-track for a 2020 launch of its latest business jet-model, the 6X. The French airframer showcases a model and mock-up of the new aircraft at this week’s Dubai Air Show. Head of communications Vadim Feldzer isn’t willing…
De Havilland Canada kicked off the 2019 Dubai Air Show a day early with two announcements on November 16, including a new customer. Far away from the air show premises, in downtown Dubai DHC’s Todd Young signed a firm order…