United is ending a sparkling year. The doubling of its stock price this year reflects this. It was not obvious that the airline would have such a great year. After all, it is Boeing’s biggest customer . With 150 MAX…
We are still watching the elves at work, at least through yesterday. Nobody’s working today, as far as we can tell. Here’s an update from last night. Airbus : The spike in delivery days was caused by the much-delayed A350-1000…
Last summer, on the Sunday evening before the Farnborough airshow, we were at a “preshow” event hosted by Aibus. Several of the company’s senior leadership were present. Of the few speeches, one especially resonated. Christian Scherer told the assembled media…
LATAM Airlines Group continues to solidify its position as a key player in global aviation, earning two prestigious awards and achieving a milestone with its fleet expansion. It has been a big year for the airline. LATAM recently received two…
In an unusual delivery event, Aer Lingus took delivery of two A321XLRs on the same day. This brings XLR deliveries to three for the year. A fourth is the Airbus testbed. Airbus has a lot riding on this model. Like…
Pratt & Whitney announced it received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification for the GTF engine that will power the Airbus A321XLR. Thirteen operators have selected GTF engines to power 217 A321XLRs. This news follows the recent certification of a “more durable”…