Mark Pearman Wright of Airbus on A330neo
Mark Pearman Wright is Head of Corporate & Investor Marketing – Customer Affairs at Airbus, and comments on the A330neo and A350 economics vis-a-vis Boeing 787. Views: 49
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Boeing’s 787 – Seven Years After Roll Out
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the 787 roll out. It was a very exciting day – the 787 was going to be the airplane that set the pace for the industry. It had tremendous new technologies. The airframe was…
What WestJet Going International Means
Canada’s WestJet announced, in a briefing to its pilots, that it is planning to acquire wide-body aircraft and begin flying internationally in 2015. The carrier currently wet-leases Boeing 757s from Thomas Cook for Hawaii operations, and those contracts expire next…
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Flight Test Update
Here’s our update through last month on the three test programs we are following. Our charts are modified to display the data better. The flight test program news this week is obviously oriented towards the CSeries mishap from last Thursday.…
Boeing 787 Gets 330-Minute ETOPS Certification
The FAA has approved additional extended operations (ETOPS) for the Boeing 787. The move allows 787s to be operated up to 330 minutes from a landing field. This is a serious upgrade in confidence in the aircraft. To date the…