Airbus reports that “Ten Airbus A321LR aircraft will be joining the fleet of Canadian airline Air Transat, making it the first North American operator of the longest-range single-aisle aircraft in the world. Air Transat will lease the aircraft through a…
If we take the latest numbers through the first half of this year we note that Boeing has moved decisively ahead in orders. Airbus is at 203 YTD compared to Boeing’s 421. What do the data suggest is going on?…
One of the most important commercial aircraft programs is the A320neo family. In the narrow-body segment, it is currently the best seller. That segment accounts for about 70% of all commercial aircraft sales, so being the leader is sufficient reason…
In November 2015, the final C-17 left Long Beach. The plant was closed and with it, big aircraft manufacturing in California. There were ten white tail C-17s built. Nine of these were then ordered, leaving one which was stored in…
The Boeing 737 MAX10 was the hit of the Paris Air Show, garnering 326 commitments for the aircraft. But the majority of those commitments, 179 of them, were simply swapping of one model of the MAX family for another, and…
At the Paris show last week Airbus rolled out an important series of tweaks to the A380. Most obvious were the new winglets, 4.7M compared to the approximate 1M fences currently used. Not obvious to the eye are other tweaks…