If you’re a commercial aircraft salesperson, we sympathize. It’s the morning after – hangover time. There has to be a morning after. The go-go orders happy days are gone, for now. Orders in 2019 dropped off brutally. So where can…
News Bombardier sold its Aerostructures business to Spirit in a $1.2 billion deal. The transaction calls for $500 million in cash and the assumption of $300 million in net pension liabilities, as well as $290 million in repayment obligations for…
Despite impressive results on revenues and net income for the first nine months, Airbus has revised its guidance for the total number of airliners it expects to deliver in 2019 from previously 880-890 to now 860. This reflects the ‘updated…
Embraer’s commercial aircraft division is going to be rebranded as Boeing Brazil. This is big for Brazil and also for Boeing. As we have written before, this may be big for both firms, but the impact could not come at…
Boeing made the better bet when it decided to go for the 787, while Airbus went for the A380. This should have given Boeing a big advantage over Airbus. After all, while Boeing bet on the 777, Airbus tried to…
We had the opportunity to speak with Cedric Cocaud, Wayfinder Chief Engineer, A3 by Airbus at NBAA regarding the Vahana UAM program from Airbus as well as their research into autonomous flying with their Wayfinder program. Located in Silicon Valley,…