Commercial aerospace is a long run business. The gestation of new programs takes years. Of late, add a few more years to the newer and vastly more complex aircraft programs. In studying the following chart, note how Boeing has started…
As of the third quarter 2013 there were 28,525 commercial aircraft in service. The table below illustrates the breakdown of this number. The shaded rows are OEMs that are no longer in the business of making commercial airliners. Views: 65
Airbus and Boeing are pushing their supply chain hard to increase production. Boeing manages to produce two new 737s at its Renton plant every day, which is impressive and amazing to watch. But there was a time when Ford was…
We are seeing the rapid retirement of a legendary name in aviation. Before long there will be no aircraft flying commercial service with the “Douglas” name . The graveyards are already full of these aircraft. Even as this poignant moment…
There are three new aircraft programs in flight test at the moment. Airbus’ A350XWB, Boeing 787-9 and the Bombardier CSeries. The chart below compares the progress in flight testing to date for the three aircraft. Clearly, the 787-9 and A350XWB…