Outlook for 2012: We’ve historically provided our outlook for the coming year by taking a look at the major airframe and engine OEMs. This year, our outlook is combined with that of Ernie Arvai and Addison Schonland over… Read More
Posted on January 2, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
EADS and Airbus wrapped a two-day investors forum today. The PDF slide presentations are up on the web; the actual webcasts apparently won’t be posted until next week. There is a enormous amount of information to slog through,… Read More
Posted on December 16, 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
Robert Wall has this short article that raises an interesting point. Tom Enders, the CEO of Airbus, “bemoans” the slow pace of change in aviation. He is quoted as saying that the aviation industry has forgotten how to… Read More
Posted on October 19, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
People in the aviation business have a warped sense of humor (except for one aerospace company, apparently, which could be characterized as the Grinch of Aerospace). At the Paris Air Show, Airbus planned a big roll-out of its… Read More
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends at the Paris Air Show, Day 3 John Leahy, COO-Customers for Airbus, says that after CFM re-jigged the LEAP engine with a larger fan and the seventh LPT stage, has brought the engine to parity… Read More
Posted on June 22, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, AirInsight, Boeing, CFM
A380, Airbus, Boeing, CFM, GTF, John Leahy, LEAP-X, Pratt & Whitney
A350-1000: We broke the international news that Airbus and Rolls-Royce were going to modify the design of the A350-1000 to increase the range of the airplane. Now, the ever-thorough Flight Global has this story with a fair amount… Read More
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
While we were gone, the WTO issued its ruling on the Airbus case, which was appealed by both sides. There’s been plenty post-ruling analyses written already, and since we’re nearly a week later, we’re not going to add… Read More
Posted on May 23, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing rolled out the first 747-8I Sunday (Feb. 13) in pomp and ceremonies that were foregone with the rollout a few years ago of the freighter version. Here is some of the news coverage: Seattle Times Seattle PI… Read More
Posted on February 13, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Aviation Week has this long and detailed story about the Airbus A380/Qantas engine failure. Qantas A380s remain grounded indefinitely. KING 5 (NBC, Seattle) has this account of the Boeing 787 fire. KIRO TV (CBS, Seattle) has this item… Read More
Posted on November 13, 2010 by Scott Hamilton