A320neo LEAP news
It might come as a surprise to many to know the LEAP-powered A320neo is already doing tests outside Europe. The aircraft is now in Bolivia. This comes after flying into French Guiana on September 9. It looks like Airbus has…
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A330 progress
Late last week Airbus announced that it had started cutting metal for the first A330neo. Airbus’ statement was: The first A330neo is coming to life one year after the programme was launched, with the first ‘cutting of metal’ underway at…
What if Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney overcame their history?
Aerospace is a big business but it is an industry increasingly consolidated. Big business yes, but a shrinking industry for sure. The recent July deal by UTC to sell its Sikorsky helicopter unit to Lockheed Martin for $9bn is an…
A320neo Flight Test Update – August
Here we are at month end again and we have the A320neo flight test updates. MSN6101 has not flown now for four months. The other GTF powered test aircraft is MSN6286 and this has been building hours again. MSN6419 is…
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Updating Narrow-Body Aircraft Values
We spoke with Gueric Dechavanne of Collateral Verifications about his recent newsletter and the changing values of aircraft. Views: 21