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Odds and Ends: A350 completes first flight-CSeries to come, with other program launches; passenger experience

A350 First Flight: given the time zone difference between Toulouse and Seattle, our readers are hours ahead of us in following first flight of the Airbus A350. As you could imagine, since it was overnight here, we weren’t… Read More

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 Posted on June 14, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Embraer

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Following the Paris Air Show by @jetcitystar

Isaac Alexander (@jetcitystar on Twitter) provided us with the following so you can follow the latest at next week’s Paris Air Show. He has his own blog with an addiutional list of companies. From Isaac: Here is a… Read More

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 Posted on June 14, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, EADS, Embraer, Rolls-Royce

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Odds and Ends: Crowded airplanes; A350 first flight; Air France to firm A350 order

Crowded airplanes: USA Today has an article discussing today’s crowded airplanes. It’s going to get worse. Airbus is offering a configuration for the A380 that has 11 abreast in coach. Boeing says most airlines are now selecting 10… Read More

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 Posted on June 10, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: Boeing jobs move; JetBlue’s trans-con plan; Airbus Innovation Days; BBD confidence

Boeing jobs move: We’re not a fan of Loren Thompson, but his commentary in Forbes yesterday is spot on. Boeing is moving jobs out of Washington State to bolster its Charleston (SC) cluster and simply to move to… Read More

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 Posted on June 7, 2013 by

 Airbus, AirInsight, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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To paint or not to paint, that is the question

To paint or not: We’re in Chicago for an industry event called Chi-Stat (essentially a big party) and one of the topics of discussion is whether Bombardier should take a few days out of its test schedule to… Read More

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 Posted on June 6, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries

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Bombardier firms up CSeries order, reveals undisclosed customer

Bombardier firmed up a large order for the CSeries with Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Corp., which previously signed an MOU for up to 42 of the new aircraft design. BBD also revealed a long-standing, undisclosed customer, Gulf Air, which… Read More

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 Posted on June 4, 2013 by

 Bombardier

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Odds and Ends: Boeing moves jobs from WA State; CSeries FTV 1; A350 power up; 787-9 assembly; 777

Moving jobs out of Washington: The Seattle Times has a story about last Friday’s announcement that Boeing is moving more engineering jobs out of Washington. CSeries: Airliners.net had this photo over the weekend. The first flight is expected… Read More

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 Posted on June 3, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: BBD’s CSeries leader; Antarctica; Irreverent

Bombardier’s head of CSeries: The Toronto Globe and Mail has this interview with Rob Dewar, the head of the CSeries program. Separately, the last of the CAST safety tests has been completed. Diverting from aerospace: CNN has this… Read More

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 Posted on May 31, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: Fixing the 787; PW GTF; ANA to retire 747s

Fixing the 787: Avionics magazine has a long article on fixing the Boeing 787 battery issues. PW GTF: The Hartford Courant has a piece profiling the quiet nature of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine. While… Read More

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 Posted on May 29, 2013 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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Boeing gets launch order for MAX 7

Boeing finally got a launch order for the 737-7 MAX, from Southwest Airlines. Southwest converted 30 737-700 orders to the 737-7. The 7 MAX competes with the Airbus A319neo and the Bombardier CSeries.

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 Posted on May 15, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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