As Airbus and Boeing ramp up production, the sources of the parts and pieces are being stressed. The supply chain, as we have seen, can easily become an Achilles heel. How stable and strong does the supply chain look? Ken…
The Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) has been selected for use on five of the seven new narrow-body programs under development, including Bombardier’s CSeries, Airbus A320neo, Mitsubishi Regional Jet, IRKUT MS-21, and Embraer E2Jets. We spoke with Bob Saia,…
Airbus held its annual press conference in Toulouse this morning to review the results of 2013 and look forward to 2014. The key take-aways are: 1. The company plans to increase production of its A320 family from the current 42…
We have the 2013 newsletters compiled into one document. The document consists of 138 pages with charts and images. You can download a PDF version for free Newsletters 2013 Alternatively you can also order a bound book for $30 here. Views:…
Should Airbus produce an A330neo? This question is on the minds of many, and is a topic that we have considered for some time. As of this writing there have been more than 800 downloads of our 2012 paper on…
Airbus rolled-out its third A350XWB flight-test aircraft, MSN2, from the paint shop in Toulouse today. The program seems to be steadily on a path to EIS in 4Q14. Note the neat new and distinctive “Carbon” livery to reflect the A350’s…