Porter’s Big Move
There is much reported on the CSeries order by Canada’s Porter Airlines. Canada’s Globe and Mail reports the airline is going to order 12 CS100s and option 18 more. The news is bringing up a lot of debate of how…
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The CSeries Reveal – A Presentation by Rob Dewar
Rob Dewar is VP & GM CSeries at Bombardier. The reveal was a huge moment of pride for him and his team. This was a moment they have been waiting for and they enjoyed every minute. [yt]EcqJzOAjDb4[/yt] Views: 23
Transport Canada Certifies P&W PW1500G Engine for Bombardier CSeries
Bombardier Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney announced today that Pratt & Whitney has successfully achieved Transport Canada type certification of its first PurePower Geared Turbofan™ engine – the PW1500G engine that will power Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft. Pratt & Whitney has…
Embraer Launches E-Jet RE: Assessing the Impact
Embraer last week finally firmed up its plans, announced in 2011, to re-engine the E-Jet family. The announcement of the selection of the Pratt & Whitey Geared Turbofan engine removes much of the ambiguity about the program. That ambiguity has…
Breaking News: Embraer to Select PW GTF for E-Jets Re-engining
The aviation social meeting are a flutter with the news that Embraer has chosen the PW GTF for the re-engining of its popular E-Jets. With Mitsubishi, Bombardier, Airbus and Irkut already having chosen the GTF, this would be the 5th…
What Will be the Key Stories of 2013
Looking ahead at this time of year, there are several key events and stories that we know will occur in 2013. In this post, we’ll comment about them, along with our prognostication on how we expect they might turn out.…