Last week at the Farnborough Airshow, Airbus’ A321XLR made its debut. It was very quiet and looked like any other A321. The long-range tanks behind the wing are only noted by aviation geeks. With 550 on order, Airbus is confident…
Today’s key story focuses about management succession and a new candidate for the Boeing CEO job, former Rockwell-Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg. He joins insiders Stephanie Pope, current Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, Pat Shanahan, Spirit AeroSystems CEO who has prior Boeing…
We had a 27-minute chat, discussing last week’s show and the longtail impact on some news. The supply chain remains in dire straights. The skill shortage is driving a lot of this. Some OEMs are moving towards digitalization to solve…
After a busy week at Farnborough, Boeing news has slowed over the weekend to a few, but meaningful stories. The summary for Farnborough is in, with last minute orders from Airbus bringing its total commitments to 164 versus 96 plus…
Today’s key stories focus on a wrap-up of the Farnborough Air Show, finalizing Boeing’s plea deal with the DOJ, the stranded Starliner, and China. On the last trade day of the air show, Airbus brought in 95 new orders…
Today’s key stories focus on delays and Boeing’s failed strategy for the middle of the market. With supply chain difficulties facing both companies, Airbus has done a better job at managing its difficulties than Boeing. But airlines continue to complain…