PW Media Day 1: next gen GTF to cut fuel costs 10%-15% over today’s GTF

We’re at the Pratt & Whitney media days today and tomorrow. This is the Technology at PW panel. Participants are: Alan Epstein, engineer and moderator. (AE) Michael Winter, chief technologists (MW) Graham Webb, MRJ, CSeries and EJet engines…. Read More

ILA Berlin Air Show begins tomorrow

The ILA Berlin Air Show begins tomorrow. The Air Show is a poor cousin to the Farnborough Air Show (July this year) and the Paris Air Show (in odd-numbered years). We went to this show in 2006 and… Read More

Airbus, Boeing face pricing pressure

Airbus and Boeing face pricing squeezes that are the result of their continuing price wars and two products that need price cuts to maintain sales. The fierce single-aisle battle between Airbus and Boeing, and to a much lesser… Read More