Sukhoi is poised to cancel its Superjet order with Iran. This news follows our recent story about how difficult obtaining and maintaining aircraft is for Iran’s airlines with reintroduced US sanctions. ATR managed to deliver within the period in which sanctions…
[Updated update] FlightGlobal now reports that indeed some SSJs are being phased out at Interjet. We just received a document from UAC regarding the earlier news about Interjet disposing of its SSJ fleet. We reported this news. Now it seems…
[UPDATED] The SSJ program is taking a hit as their launch western customer has decided to sell its fleet of 22 SSJs. This is a body blow to the program. At the recent Farnborough show, when Air Nostrum and CityJet…
There is a fascinating story out today about Mexico’s Interjet and their aircraft vendor. The near $40m in compensation from Sukhoi is a number that bears some consideration – it is roughly 1.6 times the value of one aircraft. That…
The Antonov 124 is a product of Soviet-era policies. Like other aircraft, after production stopped, it became ever more useful. A while ago Russia and Ukraine were talking about talking about the An-124. Before this, they are at loggerheads. The…
Here is an update on commercial aircraft transactions through May 2018. Note transactions include new and pre-owned aircraft. Airbus has had a more active year compared to Boeing. The 2018 numbers also show more activity at Airbus compared to last…