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A revealing Monday
The big OEMs have new models to show off today. Airbus has its new A330-800 out of the paint shop. Boeing has its new 737 MAX7 also out of the paint shop. This is great for both companies. Except the…
Boeing’s MAX7 – slim prospects
This aircraft is at the center of a serious trade allegation by Boeing against Bombardier and is being viewed by many as, at best, a niche aircraft. What are the facts that might us to better understand the situation and…
2017 MAX and NEO
Last year saw Airbus and Boeing push single-aisle deliveries. Airbus was in its second year delivering the A320neo and its first delivering the A321neo. Boeing started delivering its MAX8. Switching from the previous version to the new version has its…
Pondering the US DoC tariff on Bombardier
If one limits the active airline passenger fleet In the United States to between 100-150 seats, then as of 2Q17 there were 1,671 aircraft. Of these, 699 were Airbus, 794 were Boeing and 178 were Douglas. Please bear in mind…
Delta reaffirms CSeries commitment
In the quarterly earnings report yesterday, Delta’s Glen Hauenstein announced the airline would base its first CS100 in New York. The idea is to relieve that hub of the 76-seaters which be moved elsewhere to replace the 50-seaters which will…