Jan. 29, 2015: AirAsia 8501: The first report by the Indonesian government has been issued, per international rules, but the public portion is pretty uninformative if press reports are to be believed. At the same time, leaks indicate… Read More
Posted on January 29, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction 28 Jan 2015: Exactly one week after the first Airbus A350 started regular service between Doha and Frankfurt with Qatar Airways (on 15th of January), upgrades to the A350 capacity was announced by Airbus in a… Read More
Posted on January 28, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
The US Air Force has picked the Boeing 747-8 as the replacement for the 747-200-based Air Force One, reports Bloomberg News. The decision comes as absolutely no surprise. The first of two 747-8s will be delivered in 2018,… Read More
Posted on January 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
See here for initial analyst reaction before the earnings call. Boeing is entering 2015 better and stronger than at any time in recent history, said CEO Jim McNerney at the start of the Boeing earnings call today on… Read More
Posted on January 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Jan. 28, 2015: Boeing issued its 4Q2014 and full year press release this morning; the conference call will be at 10:30am EST. The closely watched 2015 cash flow guidance is more than $9bn. Revenue for 2014 was nearly… Read More
Posted on January 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription Required. Now open to all readers Introduction Jan. 27, 2015: Dennis Muilenburg has been the No. 2 at The Boeing Co. for a little more than a year. He was named vice chairman, president and COO in… Read More
Posted on January 27, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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Bombardier Sale: Financially pressed Bombardier sold its military training unit to Canadian supplier CAE for C$19.8m. It’s not a big cash infusion into BBD, but at this point every little bit helps. Last week, before today’s CAE announcement,… Read More
Posted on January 26, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction 25 Jan 2015: Japan has not produced a commercial aircraft since 1973, when the last YS-11 twin engined turboprop rolled off the assembly line. The YS-11 was developed by a consortium of Japanese “heavies,”… Read More
Posted on January 25, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm 22 Jan. 2015: When talking to leasing companies at the annual Growth Frontiers 2015 conference in Dublin, Rolls-Royce is the engine manufacturer that is perceived as the least desirable on their airplanes. This has no… Read More
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
AirAsia: Group CEO Tony Fernandes made appearances on international news programs, providing his first interviews away from the direct events surrounding Flight 8501’s crash. Here is a transcript of his interview on Bloomberg News. The interviews come as… Read More
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Scott Hamilton