Conversations about COMAC invariably are about its potential. The OEM has a captive market. It is state-owned and serves state-owned customers – lots of patience all around. Customers outside its home market receive favorable financing from other state-owned financial institutions.…
The period between December and January might be named the “Three Hs”. There’s Hell weeks, then Holiday, and then in January, “Hangover”. Here’s a fun way to welcome back our industry readers. Let’s start with Hell weeks, the weeks in…
First, Happy New Year. Let’s hope 2026 is an improvement on 2025 in every way. We have reviewed the overnight numbers and refined our daily production and delivery tracker. Here’s the quick delivery summary: Airbus 784 deliveries and a revised…
It’s close to the end of the year now – Asia popped their champagne, and Europe is icing its champagne while the US West Coast has yet to wake up. As Europe winds down, we show Airbus delivered 781. That…
As we approach the end of the calendar year, a number of airlines and leasing companies are placing orders , including multiple entities from China with Airbus. What is more interesting is that deliveries for the new aircraft will start…
A week into the last month of the year, and here’s our score. But, first, some context. Airbus has FALs across the globe, and first flights and deliveries occur at various times of the day. Boeing’s busiest FAL is Renton,…