What do you think was the most momentous event for the following companies in 2011? And what do you predict for 2012?
Posted on December 26, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries
737 MAX, 747-8, 787, A320NEO, A330, A350, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, US Airways
IAM 751 tonight approved a new, four-year contract with The Boeing Co, extending labor peace to 2016. The union and the company negotiated the contract nearly a year early, an unprecedented move in Boeing-IAM relations. The vote passed… Read More
Posted on December 7, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
This just in: Busted. We’re a big fan of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. In the warped sense of humor department, we found this to be pretty amusing, since nobody got hurt. Original Post: TSA: Anyone who has flown… Read More
Posted on December 7, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
The chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Wednesday hinted at increasing production rates of the 787 beyond the committed 10 per month to 12 a month. Jim Albaugh, speaking at the Credit Suisse Aerospace conference, reiterated plans… Read More
Posted on December 2, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
The Everett Herald Nov. 27 had an interesting article assessing the break-even of the Boeing 787. The article neatly summarizes what Boeing CFO James Bell described on the 3Q earnings call. The Herald’s article is slightly out of… Read More
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
With bankruptcy fears swirling again around American Airlines, some questions arise what happens to the orders AA has with Airbus and Boeing if the carrier goes into Chapter 11. This hand-wringing piece paints a dire picture for Boeing…. Read More
Posted on November 23, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
A380 cost: Flight Global reports that Air France–a launch customer of the Airbus A380–just concluded a lease deal for one of the giant airplanes for a rental of $1.8m per month. For an airline of Air France’s credit,… Read More
Posted on November 22, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM
737, 787, A319, A321, A380, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, ATR, ATR turboprops, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CFM56, Flight Global, GTF, International Aero Engines, LEAP, Lufthansa, Q400, Rolls-Royce, V2500
Guessing Game: The mysterious nine customers for the 737 MAX continues to confound observers. Actually, there were nine before Aviation Capital Group signed up, so ACG was #10. American Airlines Lion Air Aviation Capital Group GECAS COPA GOL… Read More
Posted on November 18, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Note: As a follow up to our previous post about the 787 break-even, Blog by Javier added a third post to simplify his very detailed analysis. You may jump to the link here. Also: AirInsight has this commentary… Read More
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
737, 737 MAX, 787, Boeing, CFM, GE, GECAS, GEnx, Goldman Sachs, Jim Albaugh, John Hamilton
Update: Javier has answered (or responded to, depending on your viewpoint) many of our reader comments here. Original Post: A blog of which we were previously unaware came to our attention late last week that has the best,… Read More
Posted on October 29, 2011 by Scott Hamilton