The A380 fleet has been put through a rather unseemly rapid retirement. Our friends at AeroANALYTICA (you’ll hear more about them soon) shared this model on the fleet’s status. Far fewer than Airbus forecast will be produced. The debate over…
The Boeing Company released its 2019 results earlier this week, and the company’s financial health, driven by the MAX crisis, is now quite weak. This is, to a great degree, due to the stock buybacks over the last five…
News After twice being delayed by poor weather, Boeing completed the successful first flight of the 777-9 on Saturday. The aircraft, which was launched at the Dubai Air Show in 2013 was scheduled to enter service last year, but has…
The Boeing 777X first flight, which was postponed yesterday due to weather, is scheduled for 10am Pacific time today. You can watch the live stream of the flight here, embedded in an article about the new airplane by Dominic Gates at…
News While Boeing is totally focused on fixing the problems with the 737MAX, its major competitor, Airbus, has focused on advances in manufacturability and the facilities in which they are built. Over the long-term, this could provide a significant advantage…
News In recent months, the news for 777X hasn’t been very positive. Between changes to wide-body orders at the Dubai Airshow, the delay in the GE9X engine, the scrapping of fuselage automation and the failure of a major certification test,…