Reports over the weekend suggest Iran is ready to sign for deals with Airbus for up to 114 aircraft. We have been looking at the Iranian market frequently (Aug 2015, Nov 2015, Dec 2015). As we suggested in earlier stories,…
The A320neo program continues its development, and we continue to update A320neo flight test hours. As the first aircraft readies for delivery, albeit a few weeks late, it is an appropriate time to see where the program stands as of…
Embraer orders and deliveries were just announced for 2015 delivery. Embraer ended the year delivering 101 commercial aircraft and 120 business jets (82 light and 38 large business jets). The total 221 aircraft is the highest volume of deliveries in…
Reports that oil is falling through the $30 threshold and may even fall to $20 per barrel does not bode well for Middle Eastern economies. The situation in Saudi Arabia is so tenuous that the Kingdom is considering an IPO…
Its been some time coming. Looking at Airbus’ order data, it was 2014 when they last won an A350 order (-900) and 2013 for an A350-1000 order. So a forthcoming announcement from Virgin Atlantic will be most welcome – its…
Today Airbus announced their numbers for 2015. Let’s take a look at what they tell us. Airbus had fewer orders in 2015 than in 2014. Its deliveries stayed essentially steady – which has been an item COO John Leahy has…