The aircraft industry should be wary of allowing politicians and rule makers with their own agenda’s decide how the future generation of commercial aircraft should look like. It should be the industry itself that decides on this, based on the…
When looking at ways to offer the most cost-effective airline seat in the current market, you might have thought this would be delivered by a regional jet. After all, why fly ~160 seats when you only have ~50 passengers? But…
Swiss regional airline Helvetic has upsized its Embraer-order by converting four E190-E2s to E195-E2, the airframer announced on July 15. It confirms a trend that customers opt for the bigger type when they place a follow-on order with Embraer. Helvetic…
Take a look at just how much damage COVID has done to US airline fleets. The fleet data we have is through 1Q20 and, as we know, it only got worse since then. Much worse. Bear in mind that several…
News from Embraer today announced the appointment of Arjan Meijer as the new President and CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, succeeding John Slattery. Meanwhile General Electric announced President and Vice-Chair David Joyce will retire after 40 years at the company.…
Mitsubishi has been castigated for its MRJ and SpaceJet program. However, take a look at what it accomplished by doing the CRJ deal with Bombardier. Not only did the lawsuit go away (remember that ?), but Mitsubishi now has a…