Odds and Ends: CSeries EIS rescheduled, new deal announced; Airbus seeks...
New CSeries EIS: Bombardier today announced a new delay in the entry-into-service of its CSeries, confirming what we reported Monday. BBD now says EIs will be in the “second half” of 2015, compared...
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View ArticleBoeing notified supply chain: prepare for 52 737s per month
Boeing has notified is supply chain that demand for the 737 is sufficient to support a rate increase to 52 a month by the end of the decade. In a letter dated January 3, Kent Fisher, vice president......
View ArticleOdds and Ends: CSeries timeline; KC-46A roll-out; China’s new airplane
CSeries timeline: Bombardier last week announced a third delay in the CSeries program, this time for as much as a year. This probably should have been expected. BBD originally planned a five year...
View ArticleCharleston plant continues to give Boeing headaches for 787
Boeing is adding hundreds of workers to its Charleston (SC) 787 plant top deal with continued quality problems, reports The Wall Street Journal. The details in the article are at odds with statements...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: A350-800 stretch; Mixed results on P-8A; BBD takes hit; Hot seat
A350-800 Stretch: The idea of an A350-800 stretch, to around 300 seats, was floated at the Airbus annual press conference January 13. This doesn’t make a lot of sense to us. This would put the airplane...
View ArticleBritish Air’s exit from dedicated cargo fuels doubt over 747-8F future
The decision by British Airways to exit the dedicated freighter business by returning three Boeing 747-8Fs to ACMI operator Atlas Air demonstrates the continued weakness of the global air freight...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: ATR presses parent Airbus for 90 seat go-ahead; Stratoliner;...
ATR presses Airbus: ATR, the world’s leading maker of turbo-prop airliners, is pressing Airbus Group to green-light its proposed 90-seat, clearn-sheet turbo-prop, Bloomberg News reports. Airbus Group...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: A330neo; The 12th Man; Boeing’s earnings
Clearing the air on the A330neo, again: Bloomberg News has an extensive story on the prospective development of the A330neo. Following a report from Reuters, these two news articles basically confirm...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: A330neo decision could be near; KC-46A; Countdown to...
A330neo decision: Aviation Week reports that a decision to proceed with the Airbus A330neo could be “imminent.” The report also discusses the advocacy by Tim Clark, COO of Emirates Airlines, to...
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