Retrofit Interior for 737: Heath Tecna, an interiors firm, is offering a Boeing-like Sky Interior design for retrofit with a target market of more than 3,000 Boeing 737NGs. APEX magazine’s Mary Kirby (formerly of Flight Global) has this… Read More
Posted on October 16, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
ISTAT Europe: Aeroturbopower has this recap of last week’s ISTAT Europe conference and he takes a devastating hit at the Boeing presentation. We weren’t at the event this year but we’ve seen plenty of Boeing presentations and agree… Read More
Boeing v SPEEA, con’t: As ballots are mailed by SPEEA to its members to vote on the Boeing contract offer, Boeing issued this response to SPEEA executive claims about the offer. Enders’ mystery injury: EADS CEO Tom Enders… Read More
Posted on September 21, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Crummy DOT Data: We’ve previously written that we, and AirInsight, are skeptical about airline data filed with the US Department of Transportation. AirInsight doesn’t rely on it at all when doing aircraft economic analysis. We are openly skeptical… Read More
Posted on August 27, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing won an important, symbolic victory over Airbus in the neo v MAX competition by nabbing SilkAir, heretofore an exclusive Airbus A320 family customer. SilkAir will order up to 68 Boeing 737-800s and -8 MAXes. After Airbus grabbed… Read More
Air Asia will acquire 77% of Batavia Air and the rest of the shares next year. Air Asia is an A320/A330 operator. Batavia has a mix of A320s, A330s and Boeing 737 Classics. We can’t help but wonder… Read More
Posted on July 26, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Tweets from Saturday’s CFM press conference: Bernie Baldwin @BernieBaldwin #FARN12 #FIA12 @CFM_engines Part commonality between LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B very little. Jon Ostrower @jonostrower CFM: 737 Max Leap-1B engine core has 10-stage 22:1 pressure ratio in the HPC. 1st… Read More
Posted on July 7, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
“There is no plateau in interest on the 737NG,” says Boeing’s Beverly Wyse, VP and GM of the stalwart program. “Even though there are a lot of challenges in the industry, the growth, particularly in the single aisle… Read More
Posted on July 5, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Randy Tinseth, VPO of Marketing for Boeing, is always fast with the quip–via Flight Global’s Twitter: “Market is about product, people and customers, not the address on your business card.” Mobile Press-Register: general overview. Reuters: Unions aren’t happy–but… Read More
Posted on July 3, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Fabrice Bregier, CEO: Customers were asking, why don’t you come closer to us? Currently more than 200 aircraft a year for US, Canada. Capacity for more than 400. Expect to build A320neo to at least 2030. Christian Scherer,… Read More
Posted on July 2, 2012 by Scott Hamilton