True , you are probably not getting an a35K or 78X before 2026 anyway and we are talking about a reduction in capacity of over 10% p/a . Some airlines have spent months/years coming up with premium cabin designs and seats specifically for the 777X , throwing all that effort away just to get a small...
Jump to postAirlines urgently need the seat capacity that had been planned for all those 777-9 ordered and expected to be available by now. If deliveries slip to 2026 airlines might need to finally order something else: 787-10 or A350-1000. Considering the backlogs of those models I'm not so sure that would he...
Jump to postSo we've blown through Q1 2024 with no sign of TIA, are there anything more than unsubstantiated rumours about what the hold up is?
HIRF? Engines? EIS Pushed to 2026?
Another article by Dominic Gates in the Seattle Times about what went wrong with Boeing, and how to fix it. A lot of good insight from various characters in the aviation industry. "Boeing’s long fall, and how it might recover:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing...
Jump to postThey came close to a tail strike. Yeah, then looked good to almost level out, then climb. Felt like that was good piloting at that point. I'm guessing 90% of the passengers barely noticed probably as they were busy on their phones. I’m going to disagree with you, judging by the movements of this pl...
Jump to posthttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-united-airlines-faces-overstaffing-151145330.html ”We can confirm that due to the recent delays in Boeing deliveries, our forecasted block hours for 2024 have been reduced,” United said. Have to believe Airbus delays are also playing in here, but to a lesser extent....
Jump to postKirby's visit to France was fairly well-publicised, but I think this is the first time I've seen an order for 200 mentioned. Given the constraints Airbus has with A321neo production, 200 seems very optimistic, for a firm order at least. Depends. Does Airbus pre-sell 100% of projected production inc...
Jump to postIn this Reuters article, a possible 200-plane deal with Airbus was mentioned. I don't recall this being reported elsewhere?https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/how-boeings-leadership-was-fired-by-its-own-customers-2024-03-27/ Kirby's visit to France was fairly well-publicised, but I t...
Jump to postIf the aircraft requires repairs on site which needs to be signed off by Airbus engineering, they’re up the smelly creek sans paddle: Airbus is not allowed to send any kind of technical support staff or parts to Russia. EK could, technically speaking, order the needed parts for delivery to UAE and ...
Jump to postFrom the photos they look mainly like Nixon structural fairings. Some of which maybe already covered by the CDL. Perhaps they could do a 250 kt 10,000 ft ferry into XFW. Wouldn't an engineer from the OEM be required to determine if its airworthy? Or at least get sign off from Airbus, both of which ...
Jump to postHe's misplayed his hand badly and looks like a fool. Airbus will NEVER need an A320 order from FR Airbus would be dumb to hold a grudge against Ryanair & MOL, to be honest. I seriously doubt they do. However, MOL is not going to be able to squeeze the infamous "I raped them" levels of...
Jump to postWhy? 1) They have a full A321N order book for 6 years from customers paying them good margins 2) Freezing O' Leary out works very well to 'pour encourager les autres' nobody is going to pick a fight with Airbus seeing the length of problems FR has caused itself by dissing Airbus 3) Airbus wants Boe...
Jump to postWhy? Full order book or not, turning away a potential customer is never a good business move. I should probably deal with this. You are wrong on so many levels. Businesses, all of them, have finite resources. They direct them into activities and customers that have the most benefit. No company can ...
Jump to postAirbus would be dumb to hold a grudge against Ryanair & MOL, to be honest. Why? 1) They have a full A321N order book for 6 years from customers paying them good margins 2) Freezing O' Leary out works very well to 'pour encourager les autres' nobody is going to pick a fight with Airbus seeing th...
Jump to postAirbus would be dumb to hold a grudge against Ryanair & MOL, to be honest. Why? 1) They have a full A321N order book for 6 years from customers paying them good margins 2) Freezing O' Leary out works very well to 'pour encourager les autres' nobody is going to pick a fight with Airbus seeing th...
Jump to postHe's misplayed his hand badly and looks like a fool. Airbus will NEVER need an A320 order from FR Airbus would be dumb to hold a grudge against Ryanair & MOL, to be honest. Why? 1) They have a full A321N order book for 6 years from customers paying them good margins 2) Freezing O' Leary out wor...
Jump to postHe doesn't have much choice in the matter. As CEO of a listed company he has to act in the best interest of shareholders. Unfortunately remaining 100% loyal to Boeing doesn't seem like it is in the best interest of shareholders any longer. Its not 100% loyalty to Boeing, he burnt his bridges with A...
Jump to postHe doesn't have much choice in the matter. As CEO of a listed company he has to act in the best interest of shareholders. Unfortunately remaining 100% loyal to Boeing doesn't seem like it is in the best interest of shareholders any longer. Its not 100% loyalty to Boeing, he burnt his bridges with A...
Jump to postIt wouldn't necessarily have to be a member of the top management arranging for his "suicide" - a throwaway comment to an ambitious and unscrupulous underling along the lines of "who will rid of this turbulent priest," as Shakespeare once wrote, might have been enough. I'm not s...
Jump to postNothing, because his concerns with quality were already shared, and acted on by Boeing and the FAA. The case is an appeal to government’s denial that he was discriminated against for whistleblowing. According to this source, on Mar 4, 2024, the FAA had just completed a 6-week audit at the Charlesto...
Jump to postPersonally I see a postponement of the new 737 line coming in Q2 or Q3 by a few months because suppliers wont be ready to deliver the parts. I see a postponement because the FAA wont certify the line until Boeing have dealt with the MAX safety audit and bedded in the required changes on other lines...
Jump to postI don't know if this has been posted before, but there's an interview with the Ryanair CEO O'Leary about the situation at Boeing. Fair use excerpts: “Boeing needs leadership. Stan [Deal] needs to get his finger out. He needs to sit in Seattle on a daily basis producing aircraft. They don’t need sal...
Jump to postso why would a 737 operator with MAXs choose the competitor for a small NB order, that leaves only 1 sane explanation BA can't guarantee the 737-10s delivery earlier than Airbus can for a321neos I think you hit it on the nail, lets face it between the narrowbodies and even the widebodies comparing ...
Jump to postNot a huge order per se, but that's still quite a coup for Airbus. A split of widebodies is no surprise due to their current fleet make-up. but I am surprised to see A321neos. I imagine these A359s will be long haul-configured? Would it be reasonable to assume that in more normal times, those A321s...
Jump to postNot a huge order per se, but that's still quite a coup for Airbus. A split of widebodies is no surprise due to their current fleet make-up. but I am surprised to see A321neos. I imagine these A359s will be long haul-configured? Would it be reasonable to assume that in more normal times, those A321s...
Jump to postUA870 SYD-SFO of March 19 appears to have diverted to HNL where the flight was cancelled. UA lists the reason as technical. The aircraft is 777-200 N225UA. I’m curious as to what the fault was. Also, the seat map shows only about 50% occupied. UA has added a lot of South Pacific capacity in recent ...
Jump to postI really don't know what they plan by way of "big aircraft orders." Don't they already have plenty on order? I'd assume the A32N's and 7M9's will replace the A320ceos. But will they really need 50 A32N's? They don't have plans of retiring the 77W yet. But they have 18 A35K's, 13 789's, an...
Jump to post" Small changes made to the engine inlet can change the behavior of the air as it enters the engine, impacting engine performance . The solution selection process for the potential overheat issue will require a full understanding of safety and compliance impacts on all systems," the compa...
Jump to postAccusing Boeing of not providing other documents that don’t exist also obscures the real issue: there was work on airplanes that wasn’t documented. Perhaps the NTSB should say Boeing was incompetent instead of making a fuss about obstruction. Totally disagree, this a safety audit. That documents th...
Jump to postHi, does anyone have info about what's the status of already produced B777X frames now? This 2 year old thread talks about some 25 airframes having been already produced, which had gained age even 2 years ago. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1468443&p=23281753&hilit=...
Jump to post"GE continues to troubleshoot the GE9X high-pressure compressor issues that have resulted in delays to the 777X program" Fabrizio Laurenti, head of the engine leasing business at MTU Maintenance Lease Services at Aero-Engines Americas 2024 in Miami last week. https://cargofacts.com/allpos...
Jump to postThis article was linked in the original Reuters piece, I haven't seen it discussed on Anet but points to significant additional delays on all Boeing programs FAA gives Boeing 90 days to develop plan to address quality issues None of this sounds good for timelines on any Boeing product On the flip s...
Jump to post...and the last public statement Boeing made since the gag during the MAX disaster is? I recall on this site folks waiting or wishing Boeing..FAA or anyone would make statements on the MAC recertification, to my knowledge Boeing went along with the gag. And no, not a running commentary on the 777X ...
Jump to postTC957 wrote:Never miss an opportunity to kick a man when he's down, eh MoL ?
Nice unbiased assumptions there... Could easily be Boeing has still not met requirements and FAA is, for a change, insisting that they do instead of allowing Boeing to use the magic waiver wand. True, but then it seems odd for Boeing to increase the flight cadence of the test fleet in preparation f...
Jump to postIs this just a matter of waiting some more weeks or is there any roadblock preventing TIA? Boeing has been increasing company flight-test cadence in preparation for TIA, so I presume the hold-up is on the FAA's end. Perhaps the FAA is still finishing their paperwork review before they are ready to ...
Jump to postSo...Joe Snuffy removes said red pins, re-hangs door and gets called way for something. Never goes back. Shift change. Who is responsible for signing off the work then to ensure the bolts are put back? In my line of work (medicine), if you're in the middle of a procedure and someone calls you away,...
Jump to postRJMAZ wrote:BoeingVista wrote:You are proposing that Airbus fires the majority of its engineers while they wait 10 year for Boeing to produce their next civilian design.
Really, so they didn't do the A350? That seemed to go ok A350 XWB was launched in 2006. The A400M government bailout was in 2010. They couldn't exactly cancel the A350 program in 2010. NB though, why should Airbus launch one when they are sitting on a backlog of 7000 NB orders and are out building ...
Jump to postI feel Airbus is too scared to launch another cleansheet design after the A380 and A400m disasters. Really, so they didn't do the A350? That seemed to go ok NB though, why should Airbus launch one when they are sitting on a backlog of 7000 NB orders and are out building Boeing 2-1 If Boeing is cont...
Jump to postSeems to pretty much match up with what the anonymous commentator said a few weeks back. All in all, this was an incredibly lucky outcome. A whole magazine of bullets dodged. The agency is still investigating “what manufacturing documents were used to authorize the opening and closing” of the plug ...
Jump to postConsidering it´s the top management of a client visting the top management of a supplier... you would usually expect UA calling Airbus´ top management and ask for a "trip soonest possible to our place for some discussions". In this case it seems to have been so important that the client d...
Jump to postThat makes a lot of sense, in that it is already a firm contractual order so no regulatory reason to make an announcement, an announcement will only be about firm delivery dates. I like this as a theory, RR CEO made this comment just before Christmas which is the window for Kirby's TLS visit. Excep...
Jump to postRather speculative I know, but with the problems at Boeing not exactly new and Boeing having been a less than reliable supplier for some time could it be that the deal mentioned by Rolls CEO Erginbilgic could maybe a revived United order? On December 20 he said: "There is one deal, which is ve...
Jump to postPA815 wrote:JetBlue announced they’re deferring A321NEO deliveries…
https://crankyflier.com/2024/02/01/jetb ... nt-1770754
Right, they make crockpots and hair accessories that can turn themselves off, another consequence of trying to shoehorn grandfathered certification and training onto old tech. You can blame Southwest and Boeing for the lack of EICAS in the Max. They signed that misguided deal where Boeing would pay...
Jump to postI feel like the assumptions in this thread on Airbus's actual position is all over. Airbus is a business and a business never misses an opportunity to profit further if they can. I don't think Airbus would have done anything unless Kirby brought a healthy 10 or 20% higher markup offer on each A321 ...
Jump to postAll this effort only makes sense to me if Airbus has received signs or confirmation from UA that they’re cancelling some part or all of the 737-10 order. Otherwise why go through all this trouble for a customer you already have, for an aircraft they already ordered and isn’t exactly lacking in sale...
Jump to postIf they can get the engines, Airbus will up hat rate in the near future. Airbus executives say they could increase the A320neo production rate faster, if only the engine suppliers could do the same. United has ordered Leap-1B engines - I wonder if the production slots for these engines could be con...
Jump to postIn general I’d agree, but I have a hard time accepting that this issue is acceptable on the MAX 8 but means that the MAX 7 cannot be certified. The two models are identical apart from length, which is not relevant. Therefore a checklist item will adequately address this issue on the MAX 7 in the in...
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