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Rolls Royce throws Cold Water on Re-Engining – It is Sour Grapes?
An article in Aviation International News quotes Robert Nuttal, Rolls Royce head of strategic marketing, as stating that "the numbers do not stack...
Ryanair – fascinating insight
We highly recommend you read this link. What caught our eye is at the bottom of the article. "Anyone concerned with Ryanair’s growth coming to a...
Farnborough Day 2
A second day and even more orders. The table above shows the score of orders only, not options. Scott Hamilton describes the day's shopping by...
Farnborough Day 1 – its a narrowbody story so far
After the first day's splashy news, the important takeaway is that narrow bodies are the hottest segment. On day one 150 narrow bodies were...
Why the GTF Will be a Winner for Pratt & Whitney – Proprietary Technology
Ernie Arvai posted this article on the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine earlier today at GLGNews. For convenience, this article is also reproduced...
Sukhoi Superjet to Win Western Order?
An interesting article by Jon Ostrower in Flight Global predicts a North American order for the Sukhoi Superjet with a fresh letter of intent from a leasing company for 65 aircraft to be announced at Farnborough. With a 25% program ownership by Italy’s Alenia, and a 51%/49% Alenia ownership in the marketing and support venture, […]
Farnborough 2010 – Expectations too high?
As we head into air show week, it might be worthwhile to consider that perhaps expectations for the show are too high. While airlines are doing...
Pre-Farnborough-1: Bombardier likely to disappoint
Expectations are high that Bombardier will breath new life into its stalled CSeries program at the Farnborough Air Show. But based on what we are...
Podcast – Boeing submits its Tanker bid
Today Boeing submitted its own 8,000 page proposal tome to for the tanker RFP. Boeing spokesperson Bill Barksdale explains how important this deal...
Airbus on WTO and Tanker
Today we have a call with Airbus Americas Chairman, Allan McArtor. Earlier today Mr McArtor an his colleagues held a briefing on their tanker...
WTO part 2 delayed – Airbus response
In a PR piece just received, Airbus quotes its CEO Tom Enders responding to the WTO announcement of a further delay of the report in the Boeing...
A Swiss solar powered truimph
What a wonderful aerospace success for the Swiss! A single seat plane powered by the sun completed a successful test flight and it shows that (in...
Quick Polls – Farnborough 2010
How do you see the major OEMs coming out of Farnborough this year? [polldaddy poll=3435881] [polldaddy poll=3435863] [polldaddy poll=3435892]...
The Quiet Confidence at SuperJet
At the Milwaukee RAA conference, we met with SuperJet VP Business Development John Buckley. He shared with us a sense of quiet confidence about the...
How confident are they?
At the recent RAA convention in Milwaukee we had an opportunity to interview Junichi Miyakawa, EVP at Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. Take a look...
Delta to Sell 2 Regional Airlines
Majors continue to spin off regionals – Delta the latest with Mesaba and Compass sold to Pinnacle and Trans States.
SRO and Pay to Go at Ryanair?
Ryanair to offer standing room and charge for toilets – the ultimate in airline fare unbundling!
WTO – Part 1
Judging by the media reaction (and that of Boeing) its all bad news for Airbus. Airbus came out with its own (E_WTO Public Report) response...
A Series on CSeries
Here are three interviews that discuss Bombardier's new airplane. Interview with Adam Pilarski Interview Bob Mann Interview with Nick Heyman