I don't see this as a significant problem -- nowhere near the list of problems you mentioned in your very interesting initial post. The potential sail-under-a-helicopter effect is very true, but assuming undisturbed flow over the blades. Something as simple as blocks of foam (i.e., very low weight)...
Jump to postYes, it has been studied before but, as you say, nobody has tried to do it operationally. The idea is not totally crazy. With one major exception it could be done with existing equipment. The major exception is the "flight control system", intended as the system that would maintain automa...
Jump to postThe article actually mentioned a project developer. In this industry´s slang that´s the project owner who owns and operates this wind farm. Usually the wind farm is purchased as a turn-key (EPIC) project from the wind turbine OEM - and these are responsible for the logistics, not the project develop...
Jump to postThere´s more to a wind turbine than just the blades. Without a large crane - in most cases a crawler crane - you won´t be able to errect the turbine. Installing the blades by airship or helicopter makes no sense when you´ll have a large crane at site anyway. There may be very rare and specific circu...
Jump to postThe only place where I can see such a plane being of possible value is the installation of large onshore turbines in really remote places where distance to port is measured in 100s of kilometers. Nonetheless, if it is so far away there´s always the question if a wind turbine is still the way to go ...
Jump to postI work in the logistics for offshore wind farms, both during construction as well as O&M. This idea makes no commercial sense for several reasons: 1. Current rotor blades for offshore wind are a minimum of 100 m long, and we´re fast approaching 150 m in length and 60+ tons in weight. The plane w...
Jump to postWhen did Corsair commit to these additional A330neos? “With the delivery of this new A330neo aircraft, Corsair is entering the second and final phase of its fleet renewal plan. By the end of 2024, we will have added a further four new A330neos to our fleet, the first of which will be deployed to ser...
Jump to postULS Airlines from Turkey will take two A330-300P2F - this is from Cargofacts: Turkey-based ULS Airlines Cargo will enter the A330P2F market and take its first two A330-300P2Fs later in 2024. The two Trent 700-powered A330 freighters, which are part of a sale-and-leaseback arrangement with CAM, are u...
Jump to postI fail to understand how a third-generation variant that is close to 500 orders already and might rack up as much as 600-750 orders over its lifetime can be considered a loss-making program or even a cash write-off. Not even the 747 boasted such luck. Boeing had an original development cost estimat...
Jump to postIt has nothing to do with the Singapore air show in as much as Thai announced it at the Singapore air show quote: Thai Airways International has revealed a firm order for 45 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, plus 35 options, with the deal also offering the carrier a route to the new 777X. Announced on opening...
Jump to postRegardless of intent, a likely reality is that Singapore may lose connecting traffic to opportunistic neighbors unless all of the countries around Singapore institute a similar policy. If I were Vietnam, I'd be looking at my airport infrastructure right now. KL, perhaps, but Malaysia's politics may...
Jump to postThe 1%-target is actually low, and doesn´t really align with the policies formulated by carriers. Back in September 2023 some places were already further ahead: ReFuelEU targets SAF at 2% of aviation fuel in 2025, rising to 70% in 2050. Synthetic fuel targets as a proportion of the fuel mix are also...
Jump to postBut, if it was the AS blow out that started this ball rolling Kirby had to get to TLS and back in 10 days, in the middle of sorting out Q4 earnings statements etc so basically called up Airbus and said on my way, we need to chat.. not sure if thats better or worse for Boeing Considering it´s the to...
Jump to postThis is one of the more sensible replies I've read in this thread. United have made their feelings on the Boeing delays very clear and publicly (while perhaps not at the same level as Akbar Al Baker), which is perhaps more to put a boot up Boeing's arse telling them to get their house back in order...
Jump to postBut the question is: does LH shift their aircraft somewhere else because demand in Ger is so low? I don't think so. The reduction in flights is still a supply side issue IMHO (i.e. not enough planes available)... That´s my take as well - it´s lower supply of capacity than anticipated. E.g. delivery...
Jump to postFor the sake of completeness the Discover short-haul operations at Frankfurt and Munich need to be included as well: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-4yns24sh There the effects are rather limited. To me it looks indeed as a rather conservative approach to the A320neo maintenance requirements to...
Jump to postEVA Air has firmed its order fo 18 A350-1000 and 15 A321.
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-01-eva-air-places-landmark-order-with-airbus
Is it so hard to read what is written in the press release? "As the planned growth path for both Lufthansa Airlines, including Lufthansa City Airlines, and SWISS is already underpinned by aircraft orders, the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will be deployed in one of the Lufthansa Group's other flight ...
Jump to postMaybe Airbus top brass will be having stronger words with RR now, the vibe I get is that RR management wants to look out for their financial side, something that I don't think is a good avenue to go down. No company is in business for market share. At the end of the days it´s profit that counts. Or...
Jump to postGiven the high price, is it realistic to expect airliners using 100 percent SAF for commercial flights ever? Simple answer: yes. Price for SAF will decrease by scaling up production large-scale. At the same time, price for conventional jet fuel(s) will go up and we will see aviation being fully inc...
Jump to postLeeham also had a recent article about how 50% of the narrowbody orders are for Low cost carriers which may leave them susceptible to downturns https://leehamnews.com/2023/11/14/has-airbus-pinned-too-much-of-its-hopes-on-lcc-growth/ This is a valid concern. Look at recent financial performance of m...
Jump to postNot what Airbus was hoping for, but 65 A350s to deliver to EK is no huge disappointment. Hopefully the engines' reliability holds up enough to get them from TLS to DXB. Mr. Clark is looking at the unit price for this last second order. Emirates is very happy. It wasn’t anywhere near as last minute ...
Jump to postThe Lufthansa network growth is even bigger than expected: Lufthansa FRA - MSP 5/7 FRA - RDU 5/7 FRA - HYD to stay for summer 2024 with 5/7 MUC - SEA 7/7 A350 MUC - HKG ?/7 MUC - JNB 3/7 A350 MUC - BLR to stay for summer 2024 6/7 MUC A380 network to include BOS, LAX, JFK, IAD and DEL. Six A380 to be...
Jump to postThe 10 undisclosed A350-900, seems to be 2 different orders. One from July 11 for 4 aircraft and the second from July 31 for 6 aircraft The TK order is very, very likely the one from July 11ths (= revealed in the July O&D figures, released in August = announced in August). That leaves the quest...
Jump to postBoeing not to be left out. New order from ACG for 7 737-8 and 6 737-10:
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-aviation-capital-group-finalize-order-13-737-max-jets-2023-09-06/
Avolon has firmed 20 A330neo signed in Paris this year. At the same time 50 A320neo have been converted to A321neo.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/st ... -44769614/
Turkish appears to be the customer of the recently announced but undisclosed order for 10 x A359 (RR pricing issues notwithstanding!) "Turkish Airlines has disclosed its decision to acquire 10 more Airbus A350-900s for delivery from 2025" Ordering aircraft prior to board´s approval? Maybe...
Jump to postBut why not use the Edelweiss brand though? Edelweiss has a very strong brand and excellent reputation. Much more so than Eurowings. Could have saved some money on repainting those A330-300s also.... Unlikely. The Edelweiss as a symbol has a fairly neutral or positive reputation in the alps (Switze...
Jump to postIf the exemption goes through the 763 freighter, I would expect a lot of top up orders for existing customers. I think that´s a very big "IF". Looking at the global emission targets being raised all the times - and now even the very traditional IMO (International Maritime Organization) mo...
Jump to postThe first A321 P2F for JAL (MSN 4173) has arrived in Singapore: https://airwaysmag.com/airbus-a321p2f-f ... -airlines/
Jump to postDeutsche Aircraft has started to build the assembly line at Leipzig Airport (LEJ). At the same time Private Wings was announced as first customer, signing a LoI for 5 D328eco. https://www.deutscheaircraft.com/news/deutsche-aircraft-announces-first-launch-customer-for-its-new-d328eco-tm-turboprop-air...
Jump to postCouple of reports have come out that Air China has sold 8 A330-200 towards Air China Cargo for delivery till 2025. Guess this means we can put Air China Cargo firmly in the "to-be-A330P2F-operator" column.
Jump to postThe H145 is not in the same league as either offering. The German military knows they are potentially getting a poor man's laughable substitute for what is coming down the pipe or currently available in an AH-1Z or AH-64E. The already flying H145 in the German Armed Forces came in on time and under...
Jump to postYou might well be right, even so, a major European ground power need rather more than this new machine and a small number of another type, the latter will be small. Can anyone explain why the three NATO users of Tiger did not, or more to the point, are not in the light of current events, centralizi...
Jump to postI would interested to see what items are at or near the top of the ‘must be fixed’ list for availability with Germany, Tiger likely being one of those. Now major war in Europe is now all too real again. What the things were designed for after all. I´d venture that the Tiger will be dropped altogeth...
Jump to postThe Lakota has already flown with the M260 seven-shot rocket launcher and an HMP 400 heavy machine gun pod with a 50-calibre M3P machine gun. It has already flown with a nose-mounted turrets integrating sensor with forward-looking infrared (FLIR), imaging and targeting capabilities. Sounds similar ...
Jump to postIs there a clear communication what market segment Riyadh Air wants to target? Do they want to be a replic of Qatar Airways / Emirates? Or do they want to focus on generating local O&D with transit being on top? Doing a very simple envelope style calculation they will need around 45-50 million p...
Jump to postI appreciate OP's effort to try to gather information on Airbus P2F conversions. But my question is (maybe more of a question to mods), do we need yet another separate thread on Airbus conversion topic? We have A330/A350 freighter thread that has all the A330P2F news in there and there's also a A32...
Jump to postAnd compared to some other carriers, i still do not see any privacy doors. Then you should probably take another look or read the press release. I did not see any privacy doors in the business class illustration. That is what i was referring to. Sliding doors integrated into the walls of the indivi...
Jump to postSeems that Aerolineas Argentinas lines up to be one of the next A330neo customers with four frames, likely on lease:
https://www.airdatanews.com/e195-e2-and-a330neo-jets-are-mentioned-again-by-aerolineas-argentinas/
The problem is unfortunately, EU261/2004 only applies, if the rebooking is within 14 days of the travel date, so basically LH can steal themselves out of any compensation beside the possibility of free refunding or rebooking of the affected tickets. Or to put it bluntly: they sold bunch of tickets ...
Jump to postEverts seems to have ended scheduled DC-6 freight ops out of ANC. That means the DC-6 is relegated to freight runs out of Fairbanks and by Everts Air Fuel out of Fairbanks and Kenai for regularly scheduled runs. The MD-80 has taken over routes from ANC other than some charters that might need the D...
Jump to postBoeing reports as following: Mix of 737-8 and -10, 190+50 frames 787-9, 20+20 777-9, 10 Wording: "When this will be finalized,..." confirms that this is a LoI as well. https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2023-02-14-Air-India-Selects-Up-to-290-Boeing-Jets-to-Serve-Its-Strategy-for-Sustainable-Grow...
Jump to postAir France / KLM 4x A350F (for Martinair) - total now 8x A350F 3x A350-900 für Air France https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/air-france-klm-orders-airbus-072724035.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmRlLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMsbHrol3FqYpZ2olc_h1BS6US2aHoaibeqS1o5luukH...
Jump to postWhat is the backlog now, 2? 68 from 7 countries, https://youtu.be/yVttp1kBQn8 Maybe you are counting Kazakhstan/Indonesian options as order but it's rather 63 firm left. End 2022 there's 115 delivered for 178 ordered (174 initials + 2 Kazakhstan + 2 Indonesia). https://www.abcdlist.nl/a400mf/a400mf...
Jump to postI don´t see any realistic need for a MoM at all. The A320/B737 cover the lower end, the A330/B787 cover the upper end. Any new design - regardless if from Airbus or Boeing - for this segment will always need to compete against established, large volume products, which can be priced marginal by the O...
Jump to postFedEx continues to see decreased demand and plans $1 billion in additional cuts. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/fedex-fdx-earnings-q2-2023.html FedEx seems to be ,asking a lot of noise on this compared to its competitors. Are they the first to blink? Or are they just using this to kludge air and g...
Jump to postThe issue here is whether Airbus needs to show the grounded A350's are airworthy, or whether QCAA needs to show that they aren't. Normally the presumption is they aren't, until the regulator says they are. As no other regulator has grounded A350s due to this issue and even the QCAA has grounded onl...
Jump to postRussian natural gas lines... some go through Ukraine, others don't, but the ramifications to Germany cannot be understated... Germany's Catastrophic Gas Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi74gPrn24Y Hyperbole from my point of view. The storage facilities have reached a filling grad of slightl...
Jump to postThe 321neoF is more interesting. It is not like Airbus is lacking orders to fill the orderbook. So even if they develop it, when will it be realistically availabe? It would have to cost the same as a pay A321 otherwise why even produce it, if you could sell the pax version with higher margins? It i...
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