Boeing is fighting multiple battles on competitive, regulatory, political, legal, media, and internal issues across almost all of its product lines. Let’s examine some of the battles the company is currently fighting, and how they might impact the near-term and...
News: Last Monday, Boeing reduced its firm backlog on the 777X to 191 aircraft, a 38% drop, as the delay until 2023 allows customers an “out” to their orders. Emirates, the largest customer for the existing 777 and key customer for the 777X indicated that it may split...
Boeing and the FAA have been unwilling to identify the extent of the software and hardware actuator redesign needed on the 777X, which CEO David Calhoun confirmed in the January 27 results webcast. However, looking at topics on the big twinjet that have been discussed...
It takes some stamina to digest the 1.246 pages of the draft agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, also known as the Brexit deal. Hailed by both UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chairman Ursula von der Leyen on Christmas...
The aviation industry should consider measures to curb non-CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions from commercial air travel in the next five to eight years. This needs to be done, as their effects are much bigger than have been estimated so far, a recent report from Europe’s...
