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
Southwest Airlines held a web press conference (with written question submissions the staff can screen in advance–bad idea) on its new 737 MAX order. Here are highlights: Gary Kelly, CEO Only four 737 MAX delivered in 2017. Just… Read More
Posted on December 13, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Frontier Airlines: At the Paris Air Show, Republic Airways Holdings ordered 80 A319/320neos with CFM LEAP engines, and the order was touted as the death knell by some for the Bombardier CSeries–also ordered by Republic for Frontier (40+40)…. Read More
Posted on December 6, 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
The Dubai Air Show is over, with record orders being announced. 2 x B777F for Qatar 20 x A320neo for ACG 45 x A320neo/30 x A320 for Spirit (MoU) 50 x A320neo for Qatar with PW1100G-JM (+30 options) 5… Read More
Posted on November 16, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Embraer announced that it will take a pass on developing a New Small Airplane in the 130-155 seat class and instead re-engine the E-Jet series, possibly with stretch to 133 seats (smack in the middle of the Bombardier… Read More
Posted on November 11, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
AirInsight’s Ernie Arvai has a long analysis of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan and CFM LEAP engine. It is very detailed, and involves information obtained from both companies.
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Note: As a follow up to our previous post about the 787 break-even, Blog by Javier added a third post to simplify his very detailed analysis. You may jump to the link here. Also: AirInsight has this commentary… Read More
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
737, 737 MAX, 787, Boeing, CFM, GE, GECAS, GEnx, Goldman Sachs, Jim Albaugh, John Hamilton
At an appearance with Goldman Sachs today, Jim Albaugh, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, announced there are now more than 600 commitments for the 737 MAX. Announced what we reported weeks ago: Boeing selected 68 inch fan for… Read More
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Here are some additional thoughts about the Rolls-Royce/Pratt & Whitney deal announced yesterday. PW is a real winner in this set of transactions. Buying RR out of the International Aero Engines partnership gives PW far more latitude in… Read More
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Scott Hamilton