After the Airbus neo Technical Briefing in Toulouse, France, today, AirInsight had a chance to speak with Mr Leahy in his office. We had a few questions we wanted to hear his views on. The 100-149 seat market. Boeing seems…
As posted earlier, today P&W’s president David Hess spoke at their media day in Florida at the West Palm Beach company facility. Regular readers know that we have stated that P&W seems to be increasingly confident – their two decade…
The sense at ISTAT 2011 that P&W had attracted a lot of attention and was building momentum has been confirmed with news that the PurePower engine (we prefer GTF) has won a critical order. This is a fabulous win for…
It was another “Last Bolt” ceremony for P&W today. P&W completed assembly on the first PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ). The engine, rated at 17,000 pounds of thrust, is the third PurePower series engine to complete assembly. …
Lufthansa recently ordered the A320neo, joining ILFC as a major customer in the first quarter. ILFC ordered 60 of their 100 aircraft with the Pratt & Whitney GTF, with 40 options, providing a boost to the GTF program. The focus…
Gary Scott is President of Bombardier Aerospace and provides a summary of his speech at ISTAT. He was direct, but polite. Despite the naysayers Mr Scott is confident in his team and their product. As he puts it, they have…