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CSeries first flight may be Sunday, says Reuters

The thrice-delayed first flight of the Bombardier CSeries may come Sunday, reports Reuters. We previously posted some thoughts on the pending first flight. We expanded on these thoughts in our e-mail newsletter Aug. 26. Below is the entire… Read More

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 Posted on September 4, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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CSeries edges closer to first flight, as payoff for gambles await Bombardier and Pratt & Whitney

The Montreal Gazette did a little digging with Canadian regulators and came up with this interesting piece, deducing the first flight of the Bombardier CSeries will come within the “next 11 days” (the story was dated Aug. 19)…. Read More

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 Posted on August 19, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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Following the Paris Air Show by @jetcitystar

Isaac Alexander (@jetcitystar on Twitter) provided us with the following so you can follow the latest at next week’s Paris Air Show. He has his own blog with an addiutional list of companies. From Isaac: Here is a… Read More

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 Posted on June 14, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, EADS, Embraer, Rolls-Royce

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737 MAX may share NG improvements still to come, which might include more seats

Boeing’s 737 MAX, still weeks away from design configuration freeze and still with lots of detailed design to come, may share improvements still to come on the current 737 NG. The head of the MAX program, Keith Leverkuhn,… Read More

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 Posted on May 30, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Odds and Ends: Fixing the 787; PW GTF; ANA to retire 747s

Fixing the 787: Avionics magazine has a long article on fixing the Boeing 787 battery issues. PW GTF: The Hartford Courant has a piece profiling the quiet nature of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine. While… Read More

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 Posted on May 29, 2013 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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Sizing up engine market share on the A320 family

While competition between Airbus and Boeing snares nearly all the headlines and all the “sex,” competition for engine orders is less sexy and receives less attention. Part of this is because of the increasing trend toward sole-sourcing. The… Read More

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 Posted on May 2, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Tired of kerosene smell ingested into the cabin on start-up? Hope for this

In the November election, Washington State and Colorado voters approved recreational use of marijuana. As anyone who ever tried MJ knows (except a certain former President, who says he didn’t inhale), MJ has a sweet odor that is… Read More

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 Posted on April 17, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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It’s official: Canada’s Porter selects CSeries for difficult Toronto City Airport

Bombardier Aerospace ‏@Bombardier_Aero 41s Warm welcome to #CSeries Canadian launch customer @porterairlines that signed a cond. agreement for up to 30 CS100 http://ow.ly/i/1Rx4e The Toronto Star was quick to post this story. Here is the Porter press release…. Read More

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 Posted on April 10, 2013 by

 Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney

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First production CSeries reveal March 7; BBD sees Russia as ripe market

Bombardier earnings call today: CSeries: Bombardier will reveal its first production aircraft March 7, the company said on its earnings call today. First year production will be 20-30 aircraft, and up to 120 a year by 3 1/2… Read More

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 Posted on February 21, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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The famed Airbus “5th Quarter”–huge LionAir buy reported

We talked about this a month of more ago: the prospect LionAir would order 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft. Today (or was it yesterday, in Asia?) comes this report that LionAir signed an order in December for as… Read More

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 Posted on January 9, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney

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