Last summer, on the Sunday evening before the Farnborough airshow, we were at a “preshow” event hosted by Aibus. Several of the company’s senior leadership were present. Of the few speeches, one especially resonated. Christian Scherer told the assembled media…
Embraer won both a civilian and military aircraft contract this week. The new orders bring the company’s book to bill ratio for 2024 up to 1.71, a strong performance as growth in military operations with multiple C-390 wins has strengthened…
As year-end approaches, OEMs are struggling to meet announced delivery targets. Supply chain constraints drive this year’s struggle, a vestige of the pandemic’s impact that continues even years later. During the pandemic, OEMs, airlines, and the supply chain overreacted, causing…
Slovakia has selected the Embraer C-390 tactical military transport for the country’s Air Force, and plans to finalize a transaction for 3 aircraft early in 2025. This comes after a number of recent successful campaigns for the aircraft, which is…
GAMA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, has released its third quarter shipments and billings for the industry. The overall results for the industry are positive, showing a recovery in fixed wing aircraft to surpass 2019 billings on an inflation-adjusted basis…
Here is our estimate of YTD commercial deliveries through the end of November. Airbus The 2024 target is 770. We estimate 638 through the end of the month, which is 83% of the target. Can they do 132 in December?…