SuperJet International – a joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) and Sukhoi Holding – and the US leasing company Willis Lease Finance Corporation signed today a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of 6 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100)…
The narrow-body aircraft market will undergo a major revolution in this decade, with new aircraft competition from the Bombardier CSeries, Comac C919, Irkut MS-21, a re-engining of the A320 family from Airbus, and an anticipated new offering from Brazil’s Embraer.…
The news that the head of the troubled Boeing 747-8 program, Mohammad “Mo” Yahyavi, was removed August 27 is long overdue and only endemic of the slow pace at Boeing to address and correct program difficulties. Inexplicably, Boeing CEO Jim…
Boeing very late August 26 announced yet another delay of its newest airplane, the 787. Some are trying hard to say this is no surprise – but there is no way any further delays are welcomed by Boeing or its…
The world is seeing radical series of tests in flight to find alternatives to fossil fuels. So much of an airline’s costs are fuel driven, you can expect to see these tests monitored closely. The USAF is deep into its…
The Farnborough Air Show largely exceeded expectations, with Airbus and Boeing announcing more orders than anticipated. As always, there were a number of orders announced that had been previously booked but unidentified. Still, the Big Two OEMs came away with…