In a bid for growing human capacity in national aviation, the Nigerian Government’s desire to establish an aviation and aerospace University has been given a boost as the country’s Ministry of Aviation as the National University Commission (NUC), Nigeria’s university…
In the five prior Insight reports, we’ve taken a look at Boeing’s lack of decisiveness on the NMA, the quality problems with the 787, the continuing impact of the MAX crisis, the shrinking market for the 777-X, and the problems…
David Calhoun, Boeing’s new CEO, made headlines last week in an interview with the New York Times in which he essentially threw former CEO Dennis Muilenburg under the bus. A number of highly critical statements were made about the former…
The business aviation world remains US-market centric, with about 1/2 of the world market, and the National Business Aircraft Association’s Business Aircraft Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) will get underway in Las Vegas early next week. We can expect an interesting…
With a record setting order from VistaJet earlier this week for 56 new Bombardier Global aircraft with 86 options, worth more than $7.8 billion at list prices, it appears that a new leader has emerged in the intercontinental business…
Pratt & Whitney is well positioned to take market leadership from CFM International over the next decade. Airbus selection of the GTF on the A320neo family provides the validation from one of the two large manufacturers to confirm the decision…