Insight: Friday 1 November 2019: Bombardier Aerostructures to Spirit a Win-Win Deal
Tag A220
Bombardier Honored with 2019 MacRobert Award from Royal Academy of Engineering.
The wing of the A220, nee Bombardier C Series, was honored as the recipient of the prestigious 2019 MacRobert Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering. This is the UKs most prestigious price for engineering innovation across a variety of…
Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine Failures Ground Swiss A220 Fleet
Continuing reliability issues that have plagued the Pratt & Whitney GTF geared turbofan engines are now impacting the A220 fleet at Swiss, which has been grounded for inspections. A third recent incident with the PW1524 engines powering the aircraft…
A deeper look at the WTO impact – Airbus vs Boeing
We decided to take a deeper look at what is at stake as the WTO case starts to play out. October 18 is when the US starts to impose its tariffs. The EU appears to be in no rush –…
Rising Maintenance Costs Impact Small Single Aisle Aircraft
The mainstay of the 100-150 seat market in the US has been the A319 and 737-700. Each of these types is beginning to age. We examined maintenance costs for both types and found that as a percentage of total…
In conversation with Embraer Commercial Aircraft President & CEO, John Slattery
