This is more than just 'online meetings'. This is about relationships. You don't always win contracts by having the best product. You often times win contracts by friendships and relationships. From a pure objective business perspective, 2020 Revenue (in millions) Commercial Aircraft: $16,162 (27.7...
Jump to postAny candidates from say Fuji Heavy Industries? Or a Maersk or some other business that just performs really well with a very good safety and quality culture? Not a chance, they'll get people in from GE of some ex Navy types. It's all incredibly parochial for such a global business. Even in Ostrower...
Jump to postFrom a previous post of mine: I did a crude calculation, taking the cabin width, knocking off 40 inches for two narrow aisles, and dividing the remainder by the number of seats. A350@9ab 20.1” 787@9ab 19.6” 777@10ab 19.1” A330@9ab 18.6” A350@10ab 18.1” What effect will NPS have? A lot less than peop...
Jump to postEven with NPS (massively overrated for the increase in cabin width anyway) a 10 abreast A350 would be a worse passenger experience than a 9 abreast A330. So if an airline wouldn't do the latter it won't do the former.
Jump to postAccording to Mr Ostrower also talking to Airbus about selling them the A220 wing line in NI.
Jump to postSo, basically, the 747 profile, but a full double-decker? More like @keesje 's ecoliner https://i.stack.imgur.com/t6jxm.jpg So like the A350 main deck with an A320 on top, more or less. Exactly. IIRC Bjorn Ferme's analysis of the A380 was summed up as: Efficient packaging of passengers undermined b...
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So, basically, the 747 profile, but a full double-decker?
I've come to the conclusion that the configuration mistake that doomed the A380 was when they opted for 10+8 abreast instead of 9+6. It would have addressed a lot of the fundamental issues with the airframe. ⋅ It would have had around 15-18% less passengers depending on how many extra rows...
Jump to postIt looks like the X-66a is the precursor for Boeings next single aisle. That is due to fly in 2028, so I don't expect a product launch before that. So EIS 2036 at soonest? Airbus plans have drifted towards the 2nd half of the next decade. I wouldn't read too much in to R&D initiatives ramping up...
Jump to postI live in England and it’s an open air drunk tank. I don’t drink alcohol for one reason, the English make it look so bad. They’re not doing it for fun, they want to get oblivionated. Might be to do with losing the empire. There’s a gap that seemingly can never be filled, although god knows they try...
Jump to postThe first full length video from the aircraft still moving, to the evacuation. ~7mins seems right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBLfnwhiJ1Y That is an incredible video. Here are some key times from the video (timestamps are from the cell phone video, not the youtube video) 0:00 plane is still sli...
Jump to postThe A350F order book is interesting. All small orders, none larger than 7, but a solid list of lessors and blue chip Airlines, especially with the recent additions of Cathay Cargo and now Turkish. *If* they deliver, and RR comes good on its XWB improvements, it should stand them in good stead.
Jump to postHe’s seriously suggesting that a 2010 contract included the ability to switch to variants that hadn’t even been launched? Well that's what he says Cathay only have one A350 outstanding on the order books and that is in flight testing. Perhaps they are simply using the previous order terms as a star...
Jump to postAgree. C919 Program was launched 15 years ago. Production began 12 years ago. First frame was completed 8 years ago. First flight 6 years ago. Certification 1 year ago. Entry into service 6 months ago. Each plane still just doing a single flight a day. It's a very good learning exercise. However, n...
Jump to postCongratulations to Airbus and SMBC Capital! Do we have any idea who these machines might be leased to? They've got customers all over the place. Recent A320 family aircraft have been placed with Turkish Airlines, Agean, Spirit, Icelandair and Vivaerobus. By the time these are delivered? Who knows. ...
Jump to postHas anybody seen responsible journalism where this leasing firm will place these sixty frames? Do you expect a lessor to leak these details out in advance? Isn't the fact they've already taken the best part of a couple of hundred enough? It's getting hard to have a sane thread about anything airbus...
Jump to postThere’s potentially a whole lot more goodness they could benefit from that the NPS program brings, due to be phased in by 2024. New production standard has been delivered for 12 months now. https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2022-09-airbus-delivers-its-500th-a350 Ah fair enough. Googling wh...
Jump to postFor QF, this might give them a bit more flexibility. Then againn chances are, they knew of the change all along. It would be interesting to know. When project sunrise was launched in 2017 flights were expected to start in 2022. The A350 was selected in December 2019, but everything was put back in ...
Jump to postSurely this is a good thing no? I’d have thought so. Spirit increase revenue in the short term getting a better price per 787 shipset, Boeing gets increased margin on their 737s from 2026 on, assuming they get the rate up which I’m sure they will. Spirit gets revenue bought forward to invest in gre...
Jump to postThanks to John Ostrower on twitter https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001364885/44ffbb03-b1eb-4835-b221-03ffe55a9413.html SEC filing outlining an agreement between Boeing and Spirit to amend shipset costs (up for 787, down for 737), Spirit to improve quality, Boeing to provide help with capi...
Jump to postIf there is an EU directive, there can be a standard sizer, and roll-aboard manufacturers can make a compliant, non-expanding, hard-sided bag. This does not have to be difficult. I think it is. The size of the roll-aboard is probably the easy bit, but there are complications there. Say you go for t...
Jump to postInteresting one this. You’ve got disparity in the capacity of bins, and different routes have different mixes of hold and cabin cases. And then there’s the under seat carry on with variation between the space available and duty free in the mix. The problem is, mandate too much and it won’t fit, too ...
Jump to postTo LAX is a similar distance to HKG-EWR, and JFK is 150 miles shorter. So providing it’s not an extremely dense configuration, and assuming they can overfly Russia, yes.
Jump to postI'm cautiously optimistic but what useable data from the XB-1 would carry over to the Overture? From the untrained eye neither aircraft bear any resemblance of one another and the propulsion systems aren't similar or even the same layout. I’m not optimistic- Aerion we’re by far the most credible pr...
Jump to postAnyone think the CFM Rise has a possible place if the TTBW becomes an actual Boeing product? Looks like it https://theaircurrent.com/technology/boeing-will-fly-cfms-open-fan-on-sustainable-flight-demonstrator/ Been the most interesting part of the show for me. Boeing seems to be settling on the con...
Jump to postYou didn’t honestly expect ‘niche’ Copenhagen, Zadar, Thessalonika and Catania from LPL on Jet 2? Can't speak for @DavidJohnson6 but hope rather than expectation that there might be something interesting in there, Jet2 do have a few from Manchester. I've got a flight coming up from Dubrovnik or Spl...
Jump to postI’ll always go LPL over MAN where possible for the convenience of parking. Not sure the bucket and spade destinations are particularly inspiring, but that’s what Jet2 mostly do. I’m flying with them to Reykjavik later this year from Manchester, would have been nice for some destinations like that. G...
Jump to postAlthough the pitot tube design was not perfect (and Airbus was already intending to replace it) you cannot blame Air France nor Airbus for the first officer ignoring 86 “STALL! STALL!” warnings. It's more complicated than that though. When the pitots unfroze, the flight was traveling at a lower air...
Jump to postJust reading the debate here and I sort of see where Keesje's coming from. There's been a refocus on peer/near peer conflict recently in which attack helicopters have proved vulnerable to say the least, and on both sides reduced to firing unguided rockets upwards on a ballistic arc from behind their...
Jump to postRe. The Virginia class. It’s “up to” 5 boats. I believe it’s 3 with an option for two. I assume this is to mitigate any delays in SSNR. If 8 are ordered, deliveries beginning in 2040, it’s possible the last three might be timed to replace the Virginia’s. Or are they leased? @A101 It’s a big leap fro...
Jump to postThe faster gear retraction interests me. Airbus is predicting that with the sum total of these improvements (gear, flaps), there can be a 3.5 ton increase in payload on the A359 and a 2.5 ton increase for the A35J. They project that out of some airports, the advantage could be as big as 6 tons. Now...
Jump to postReading Simon's email, there are some rebuttable hypotheses in his statements: .. good stuff snipped ... 3.) Video presumably showing approach to the old airport. Will need to wait for professional forensic investigators to match the flight path with the video stream, after which this statement can...
Jump to postThought provoking article from Richard Aboulafia of all people, particularly regarding export potential.
https://richardaboulafia.com/november-2022-letter
I don’t want to be that guy, but there have been recent (last few weeks) FAA AD proposals related to cracking for 737NGs and 777s. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/08/2022-26591/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/0...
Jump to postFrom the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority facebook page - some good news: https://www.facebook.com/MCIAA "AIRPORT RUNWAY INCIDENT INITIAL UPDATE 2:20am | October 24, 2022 Korean Air KE 631 aircraft has overshot the runway at the Mactan–Cebu International Airport. All 162 passengers (...
Jump to postThere's lot's of interesting articles out there. This is one: https://www.compositesworld.com/opportunities-challenges-for-composites-in-future-aircraft/ The gist: Move away from autoclave cured prepregs to resin infusion and thermoplastics. Neither dictates barrel v panel. They do mention reduced a...
Jump to postIf nobody here knows what is really meant in the article with the quote "providing additional interior width" then this discussion does not make any sense. 4 inches sounds like a lot just for reshaping cabin walls, but it is what the article claims. We can infer though. Look at the cross ...
Jump to postDid you use the old or the new cabin-width of the A350 ? Because to me it looks like the old width. With the new width the A330 (at 9) and A350 (at 10) must be close to equal. I don't really think there is a "new" cabin width. Airbus are reshaping the cabin interior panels, but at the end...
Jump to postIn other words, the same seat width as a 10 abreast 777. I did a crude calculation, taking the cabin width, knocking off 40 inches for two narrow aisles, and dividing the remainder by the number of seats. A350@9ab 20.1” 787@9ab 19.6” 777@10ab 19.1” A330@9ab 18.6” A350@10ab 18.1” Like I say, crude, ...
Jump to postSo reading this thread, things that are potentially in the pipeline for Airbus, where there are at least hints in interviews, job adverts, press etc but ignoring things that are merely a.net speculation, like the A322: ⋅ A220-500 ⋅ A220 re-engine ⋅ A320 new composite wi...
Jump to postAs far as I'd understood, Aerion was paying Airbus for their support and it wasn't Airbus paying Aerion. https://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft-jets-aerion-partners-airbus-supersonic-bizjet/ Eh? The article you referenced says: For its trouble Airbus will receive access to Aerion’s proprietary natural ...
Jump to postJapan, UK to arrange jointly to develop fighter jet's fuselage https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220904_07/ No surprise, but engines, radar and now fuselage. It’s pretty much a single program now. On a side note, I think @RJMAZ is missing the point a little regarding international cooperati...
Jump to postJapan, UK to arrange jointly to develop fighter jet's fuselage https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220904_07/ No surprise, but engines, radar and now fuselage. It’s pretty much a single program now. On a side note, I think @RJMAZ is missing the point a little regarding international cooperatio...
Jump to postCEO of @Delta says he has “a lot more questions than answers” on the supersonic plane, and until $DAL is confident it can be operated profitably, “that’s not where we’re investing.” https://twitter.com/airlinewriter/status/1559650033183629317?s=21&t=78L_8VFowKlWr32uy7Dw6w The canary in the goldm...
Jump to postI've seen some A/C with a horizontal sliding "curtain" made out of several rows of cable that the FA pulls across the aisle between the galley and passenger cabin when a crew member enters or leaves the cockpit. Probably not the most rigid locking mechanism ever invented but it would defi...
Jump to postCouldn’t see another thread https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/news-and-media/overview/news/air-nostrum-group-becomes-airlander-10-launch-airline-customer/ Air Nostrum Group reserves ten Airlander 10 aircraft, for operations on regional routes, cutting flight emissions by up to 90% HAV to launch prod...
Jump to postDon’t forget that there are no claims about IR MANPADS performing poorly beyond the above claim too. I don’t think we will know the entire story for quite a while It's not a claim as such - it's based on the Oryx data (which has been shown to be around 80% accurate and I'd expect it to be higher fo...
Jump to postStar streak is semi automatic command to line of sight ( like a TOW missile) so you have to keep the target in your crosshairs after launch It was originally. Later platforms have ATT (automatic tracking something). So you only have to keep the target in the field of view, but can switch to SACLOS ...
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