Southwest & Boeing – Some Thoughts
This past week we were part of Media Day at Southwest Airlines. It was a most pleasant visit. However, news reports coming out of the event bear some scrutiny. Views: 64
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Airbus NEO Decision will be Based on Strategic Partners and Euro Politics
Airbus decision on the NEO has been delayed as it attempts to obtain additional funding from the engine manufacturers, and the timing of the LEAP-X engine from CFM International, the full version of which may be delayed to 2018 Airbus,…
The Necessity of Options
Commercial aviation is a very high stakes game. Get it wrong and you’re lucky to get a second chance. In order to reduce risk the players hedge bets. For example, in the case of OEMs, a typical solution is to…
Rolls-Royce faces shrinking single-aisle airplane market-share
Rolls-Royce is facing major challenges in the future, including being shut out of the single-aisle engine market. In a syndicated article picked up today by the India Times (the original ran about two weeks ago out of London), the dilemma…
Nixing NEO?
(image: FlightGlobal) In a strange turn of events, it seems Airbus is backing away from or at least delaying its much awaited A320-family NEO. There was an expectation that this week we would hear all about the new airplane update.…
FAA and Separation
This week saw an interesting reversal by the FAA. Take a look at this story by the WSJ. Within a week the FAA went from posting new rules about wake turbulence on the 787 and 747-8 to removing them because…