Airbus has pushed back the introduction date of two models of its A350. As we previously discussed, the delay in the -1000 will be to enable Rolls Royce to develop a higher thrust engine that will longer range to better…
It’s getting down to crunch time on the A350 production and a top Airbus official calls the program “extremely risky,” but there is a “reasonable chance” the entry-into-service in late n2013 will still be achieved. These are hardly characterizations that…
After the Airbus neo Technical Briefing in Toulouse, France, today, AirInsight had a chance to speak with Mr Leahy in his office. We had a few questions we wanted to hear his views on. The 100-149 seat market. Boeing seems…
The survey have online is showing up some interesting data. If you have not completed this survey, it takes less than 5 seconds. Take a look – feel free to share your thoughts. Clearly with just under 100 responses the…
Commercial aviation is a very high stakes game. Get it wrong and you’re lucky to get a second chance. In order to reduce risk the players hedge bets. For example, in the case of OEMs, a typical solution is to…
There are few routes that overlap and lots of reasons for this deal to go through. The fleet question (717) is one that has a lot of people asking questions. In our request for some color from Southwest we got…