Alaska Airlines is deploying the new split winglet on its Boeing 737NGs. It is expect these will reduce fuel consumption by 58,000 gallons a year per aircraft. The split winglet will save the airline $20 million and cut carbon dioxide…
Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker is at it again, challenging an OEM. In June at the Paris air show he was gung ho for the 777x; “We would definitely want to be the launch customer”. Mr Al Baker said…
Fresh off impressive quarterly results that caught the stock market by surprise, Boeing announced orders from Korean Air. The highlight of that order is surely the 747-8 component, especially after adjusting production on this program. The came the order from…
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The company reports a third quarter pre-tax profit of 604 MNOK ($102.6m). This result was significantly affected by additional operating costs associated with wet-leasing replacement aircraft (A340) on long-haul routes. In addition summer bookings were lower this quarter due to…
Airbus delivered an A350XWB program update yesterday in Toulouse. Clearly the company is feeling ever more confident in the program. Airbus provided interesting data on the backlogs through October 8th. Notice how the market has swung from the current generation…