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.…
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150, 190 seat models for CSeries?
The National Post of Canada reports that Bombardier has taken out trademarks for the CS500 and CS900, which might suggest a 150-seat and a 190-seat version of the CSeries could be in the hopper. Bombardier says it is merely taking…
Propfans – Limitations for Re-Engine Programs
The last time the aviation industry saw tremendous growth and evolution in aero engines was the 1980s. This was the time when GE joined forces with SNECMA to create CFM. P&W joined with Rolls-Royce, MTU and other to create IAE. …
Analysts Bullish on CSeries
An article in the Montreal Gazette over the weekend entitled “CSeries story will have happy ending” quotes several noted aviation analysts, including Michael Boyd of Boyd International and Marco Pencak of GMP Securities, as well as our own Scott Hamilton…
China and CSeries
Take a look at this interesting story from Aviation Week. Despite the expected sources sowing doubts about the CS, there is, in fact, rising interest. Why do we say rising? Because we are hearing of three potential orders coming –…
Pratt & Whitney Begins Testing of Bombardier CSeries Engine
Pratt & Whitney is preparing their first PW1000G PurePower engine for full testing at their Palm Beach facilities. They fully expect both the engine and airframe programs to be on time, believe that several major orders for the Bombardier CSeries…