Here is an expanded version of a story we did last week for Flight Global Pro. The refrain that Airbus and Boeing are over-producing the core-A320 and 737 programmes resurfaced with lessor AerCap in an interview with The… Read More
Posted on February 27, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer
AerCap, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi
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
Air India: FlightGlobal has this article that details the cost of Boeing’s 787s to Air India. British Airways: Two pilots on a flight from London Heathrow nearly passed out Kansas: Gov. Sam Brownback unveiled incentives today (Jan. 9)… Read More
Posted on January 9, 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
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
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
This just in: Busted. We’re a big fan of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. In the warped sense of humor department, we found this to be pretty amusing, since nobody got hurt. Original Post: TSA: Anyone who has flown… Read More
Posted on December 7, 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
Guessing Game: The mysterious nine customers for the 737 MAX continues to confound observers. Actually, there were nine before Aviation Capital Group signed up, so ACG was #10. American Airlines Lion Air Aviation Capital Group GECAS COPA GOL… Read More
Posted on November 18, 2011 by Scott Hamilton