Aircraft List Prices: It took some doing, but we’ve collected the list prices of all the major commercial airplanes. The comparisons are interesting. We’ve tabulated these into seat categories. List prices, of course, have no relationship to what… Read More
Posted on February 14, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
CSeries: Blogger Airline Reporter has this post after touring the Bombardier CSeries mock-up. We’ve seen it before and came away with the same impressions. What caught our eye was this comment: All the time , I hear people… Read More
Posted on February 6, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier: Jon Ostrower reports that Bombardier will deliver 10 CSeries per month from 2016 in this report. This is a pretty modest rampy up rate, in our view, on the way to a projected maximum of 20 per… Read More
Posted on January 6, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
The Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance is hosting two conferences in the Seattle area in February and March. PNAA’s 11th annual conference is Feb. 6-7-8 at the Lynnwood (WA) Convention Center, north of Seattle and south of Everett. Information… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
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
Note: Highs and Lows for 2011: see AirInsight. In our previous post, we gave readers a choice of the most momentous event for 2011 for Airbus and Boeing; and who was the most influential person for the year… Read More
Posted on December 30, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
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
Here is a story we did for FlightGlobal Pro 20 Dec. A little known programme offered by Boeing since October 2010 called InFlight Optimization Services offers airlines the ability to get up-to-date, en route weather and wind information… Read More
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Update, Dec. 21: Flightblogger published this report that shows a PIANO analysis of the CS100 vs A318 on the London City to New York route. Among other things, it shows a fuel burn reduction of 22.5%. Original Post:… Read More
Posted on December 19, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
737 MAX: Boeing has ann0unced the prices for the MAX and Reuters has this story comparing the competition with NEO: Airplane Families 2011 $ in Millions Average 737 Family 737-600 59.4 737-700 70.9 737-800 84.4 737-900ER 89.6 737… Read More
Posted on December 19, 2011 by Scott Hamilton