This is a multi-year miss of compounding proportions. In late 2023, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told AirInsight the A350 would reach 10 per month in 2026, up from 6, with 9 targeted by the end of 2025. Neither happened. The…
The FAA’s approval of the increased Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) variants of the Boeing 787-9 and -10 makes these aircraft more appealing to operators and potential customers, as they can achieve greater range or carry more payload. While the Dreamliner…
News of United’s aging 777-200 fleet problems with PW4000 engines created a flutter this week. Should one be sympathetic? Probably not too much. This should not have come as a shock. The Scale of the Problem United operates 96 Boeing…
Airbus is sticking to its annual guidance of 820 deliveries after another lackluster month of deliveries in July. Airbus delivered 67 aircraft in July, bringing its total for the year to 373 deliveries. With five months to go in the…
Today, Emirates Airline is taking its first of 65 A350s home. This is news for a few reasons. First, the last time the airline took a new delivery of a new type was in 2008. Second, this new type is…
Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, on November 5, 2024, took delivery of its first A350-1000 jetliner in Toulouse, France. The first to be operated by an African-based operator, the A350-1000 landed at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, basking in…