The Q400 as a 50-seat RJ replacement
Yesterday at the RAA conference, De Havilland Canada made their case for their Q400 to be a replacement for the aging 50-seat regional jets. It is a novel idea and timely too. The 50-seat RJ is not renowned for…
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General Aviation remains flat in 2Q 2019
GAMA released its 2nd Quarter statistics for 2019, and the General Aviation segment remained flat, with billings for aircraft shipments at $4,745,757,918 in the second quarter, compared with $4,746,516,129 in 2018. However, data for Dassault were not included in the…
Insight: Monday 5 August 2019 – A220 Production Begins in Mobile
Airbus has begun production of the A220 at its facility in Mobile, Alabama. The former Bombardier C Series is now a majority US content airplane assembled in the United States, and not subject to international trade issues, which Boeing had…
What operating economics does the M100 need to deliver?
We would expect the M100 to offer ~20% in overall savings per flight hour to drive market attention. This means Mitsubishi needs to deliver an operating cost of ~$730 per flight hour. Can they get there? It won’t be easy.…
A220 embarks on demonstration tour across Asia
Airbus provided this PR today: “An Airbus A220-300 flight test aircraft will visit six Asian destinations as part of a demonstration tour across the region. After a stopover at Seoul’s Incheon Airport the aircraft heads to Yangon (Myanmar), the first…
Transaction Tracker – Deals through June 2019
This model is open to all readers. We update the model after each month end. Note with the move of the Q400 program to De Havilland Canada, we have changed the program to reflect this new OEM. This is consist…