Paul Adams, president of Pratt & Whitney, called 2013 a “transformational” year during his overview at PW’s Media Day today. The CSeries GTF was certified and Embraer selected the GTF to power its E-Jet E2. Bombardier’s first CSeries… Read More
Posted on May 20, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier’s CSeries flight testing has now passed the 250 hour flight mark, with three Fight Test Vehicles (FTVs) in the program. FTV 4 is due to become airborne in May. This will be a milestone for the program… Read More
Posted on May 5, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Facing a production gap of a year of more between today’s in-production airplane and the entry-into-service of its new model, Embraer is confident it can bridge this gap with little difficulty. Bundling orders of the E-Jet E1… Read More
Posted on March 31, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier’s investors day last week covered a lot of ground across its entire business line, including rail, corporate aircraft, as well as commercial aerospace. The area of most interest, of course, is on the CSeries, the all-new aircraft… Read More
Posted on March 24, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier and Embraer squared off today at the ISTAT conference in San Diego. Rod Sheridan, VP sales and asset management, appeared for BBD and John Slattery, chiefr commercial officer, appeared for EMB. The following synopsizes and paraphrases their… Read More
Posted on March 17, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier’s third CSeries Flight Test Vehicle finally became airborne March 3. FTV 3 focuses on avionics. FTV 4 will focus on the testing of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine; Bombardier hasn’t announced a date when… Read More
Posted on March 17, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Editor’s Note: Given the amount of interest in the prospect of replacements for the single-aisle airplanes, including the Boeing 757, our Guest Columnist provided a follow-up think piece. By James Krebs With the reengined Boeing 737 MAX and… Read More
Posted on February 25, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s bonus to Charleston workers: We’ve ignored the continuing workmanship stories of Boeing’s Charleston plant on the 787 for the past months as Norwegian Air Shuttle, LOT and Air India continue to have problems with the airplane. We… Read More
Posted on February 21, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
LEAP vs GTF: Reuters has a story looking at the intense competition between CFM and Pratt & Whitney for the market dominance of the LEAP vs Geared Turbo Fan engines. The only airplane where there is competition is… Read More
Posted on February 18, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney
737MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CFM International, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet E2, Embraer, Geared Turbo Fan, GTF, International Aero Engines, Irkut, LEAP, MC-21, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi MRJ, MRJ, Pratt & Whitney
A350 Loan: The Wall Street Journal reports that Airbus and Germany ended talks about a state loan for the A350 program. Good. Airbus doesn’t need the loan and “divorcing” from state aid frees Airbus to make decisions for… Read More
Posted on February 13, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Irkut, YAK
747-8F, 777, 777 Classic, 777X, A350, A380, Air Costa, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, E-190 E2, E-195 E-2, E-Jet E1, E-Jet E2, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machiniists, Irkut, MC-21, Richard Aboulafia, Tom Buffenbarger, Yak-242