The announcement last week that Boeing once again is planning to ramp up production of its venerable 737 line show confidence on a number of levels: The global economy continues to recover; The strength of the backlog, aka… Read More
Posted on September 20, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing has released the results of a study it commissioned on the life-cycle cost advantage of the KC-767 vs. the KC-45, this time using a firm we’ve actually heard of and greatly respect: AeroStrategy. AeroStrategy analyzed 10 scenarios,… Read More
Posted on September 17, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing has implemented its third, 30-day stand-down for its supply chain on the 787 program. Says Boeing: As we have previously indicated, when opportunities arise we distribute flow in our production system to make the most efficient use… Read More
Posted on September 15, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the KC-X tanker competition, which is coming to the forefront again with the issuance of the Interim Report on Boeing subsidies by the WTO. Flight International has this story citing… Read More
Posted on September 15, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Update, 6:45pm PDT: Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times updated his 12:45pm snippet eight minutes ago with far more detail, and as of this moment represents the most detailed news report we’ve seen. As before, both sides are… Read More
Posted on September 15, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s 777-300ER once again topped the poll by aviation financial trade magazine Airfinance Journal, which has been doing the polling for as long as we can remember. On a scale of 0-5, the 777 ranked 4.2, followed closely… Read More
Posted on September 13, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
It never ends. Reuters has this story that the tanker award date may slip from the November 12 dated, but we shouldn’t be surprised, since we suggested as much quite a while ago. What caught our attention is… Read More
Posted on September 7, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
We talk about the prospect of a production rate hike at AirInsight this morning. Here’s a story from Flight Global taking a detailed, focused look at the Pratt & Whitney P1000G Geared Turbo Fan, which will power the… Read More
Posted on September 2, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
AirInsight has several commentaries about the news last week of new delays in the Boeing 787 and 747-8 programs; and a discussion about the prospective A321 New Engine Option. The main site is here.
Posted on August 30, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Jon Ostrower of FlightGlobal has this piece about the “bolt-on” of Pratt & Whitney’s P1524G PurePower Geared Turbo Fan. The PurePower, also known as the Geared Turbo Fan, is the engine designed for Bombardier’s CSeries, with larger versions… Read More
Posted on August 26, 2010 by Scott Hamilton