Here are orders that were announced on the first official day of the Farnborough Air Show (at least the ones we’ve seen from Seattle–feel free to add to the list if we’ve missed any): Airbus: from Air Lease… Read More
Posted on July 14, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
The Farnborough Air Show doesn’t officially begin until Monday but companies are already in position–and Bombardier appears to be first out of the box with Letters of Intent for up to 24 CS100s from UK lessor Falko, a… Read More
Posted on July 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
A330neo more likely: The Financial Times of London has a long interview (including a five minute video) with Airbus Commercial CEO Fabrice Bregier (free registration required) in which he says the launch of the A330neo is becoming more… Read More
Posted on July 8, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
The Wall Street Journal reported late today that COPA, Aeromexico and GOL are lining up for the Boenig 737 MAX. The WSJ article is subscription-only but perhaps it will show up on Google News, as some do. COPA… Read More
Posted on July 18, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Update, Aug. 1: Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times has a long article with the views on the 777 successor from Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates Airlines–which operates more 777s than any other airlines. Original Post: Boeing has… Read More
Posted on July 27, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Best One-Liner: Airbus’ John Leahy is famous for his witty one-liners, but the best one at the show goes to Boeing’s Randy Tinseth. As we were waiting for the Boeing press briefing to begin on Day 1, we… Read More
Posted on July 22, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
For all practical purposes for commercial aviation geeks, the air show is over. Even John Leahy left. There was one significant order today, from Virgin America for 40+20 Airbus A320s with options to convert to A321 and to… Read More
Posted on July 22, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing and EADS held tanker briefings this week–Monday for Boeing, Tuesday for EADS. Boeing offered up top program officials while EADS offered up two American crewmen from its test flight program, a pilot and a boom operator. Boeing’s… Read More
Posted on July 20, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Updated, Wednesday 05:00 BST We’ve updated this posting after all the text with orders completed through Day 2, Original Post: Tuesday will be another day where orders are expected to be announced. See our Monday posting, updated at… Read More
Posted on July 19, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Updates throughout the post, 415PM BST. Here is a look ahead for Monday at the Farnborough Air Show and what might be expected for news and orders in the coming week. We’ll update this post at the end… Read More
Posted on July 18, 2010 by Scott Hamilton