EVA Airways’ big order
Boeing announced EVA Airways’ intent to purchase up to 24 787-10s and two additional 777-300ERs, which is valued at more than $8bn at current list prices. This is a nice piece of business from a good customer in a growing…
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MH17 – Russia refutes Dutch findings
[UPDATE: watch this video for useful context and background] Russia’s largest defense company, Almaz-Antey, presented evidence that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down last year by an out-of-production rocket fired by a Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense system. The company…
Boeing acquires Peters Software GmbH
Boeing announced that it has acquired the German company Peters Software GmbH (“Peters Software”), specializing in curriculum and materials for commercial and private pilots operating in fast-growing markets in line with EASA. The firm is the market leading provider of…
MH17 was downed by a Russian-made missile
A 15 month survey by the Netherlands authorities established that the crash of MH17 was caused by a Russian-made missile launched from the Russian/Ukraine theater of war which killed all 298 passengers board. The findings by the Dutch Safety Board…
Premium #192 – WHY A C SERIES CANCELLATION IS NOT IN THE CARDS
The Transaero Mess
Russian airline, Transaero, deep in financial difficulties, was supposed to be taken over by Aeroflot. Turns out Aeroflot won’t be doing that because the company cannot get the 75%+1 share of Transaero it had expected. The takeover has fallen through.…