Re: ATR announces it is researching new design

Wonder where the batteries, fuel cells, H2 is stored for the hybrid power. I guess there are big open questions about basic choices. ATR is going to talk to the engines manufacturers? What an amazing initiative.. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/4854/vNgUDd.png https://50skyshades.com/news/man...

Re: 737MAX200 And Non LCC Airlines

It would look like as of today, IAG has the 737-8200 on order (50 737-8200 & 50 737-10). Plenty of potential fleets for the new IAG 737s to serve in. It seems more 25 737-8200 & 25 737-10. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/british-airways-owner-iag-order-50-boeing-737-max-j...

Re: Airbus and Boeing 2022 deliveries

48 deliveries in April for Airbus A220-300: 4 A320neo: 20 A321neo: 17 A330-300: 1 A330-900: 1 A350-900: 3 A350-1000: 2 YTD 2022 (YTD 2021) A220: 15 (12) A220-100: 5 (3) A220-300: 10 (9) A32x: 146 (139) A319: 0 (1) A319neo: 2 (1) A320neo: 69 (75) A321: 0 (11) A321neo: 75 (51) A330: 8 (3) A330-200: 2...

Re: Airbus and Boeing 2022 deliveries

48 deliveries in April for Airbus A220-300: 4 A320neo: 20 A321neo: 17 A330-300: 1 A330-900: 1 A350-900: 3 A350-1000: 2 YTD 2022 (YTD 2021) A220: 15 (12) A220-100: 5 (3) A220-300: 10 (9) A32x: 146 (139) A319: 0 (1) A319neo: 2 (1) A320neo: 69 (75) A321: 0 (11) A321neo: 75 (51) A330: 8 (3) A330-200: 2...

Re: IAG orders 25 737-8 and 25 737-10 with 100 options

Where will the 737-10 be used? The A321neo is increasingly being used on longer sectors by legacy airlines, in short haul configurations. I have recently done very, very uncomfortable flights on BA (to CAI) and AA (to LIM, from DFW) - both well over five hour sectors, and in business class, but it ...

Re: IAG orders 25 737-8 and 25 737-10 with 100 options

I think this is a testimony to IAG / BA's dual source policy. They told everybody many times they don't want to become Airbus captive. https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/737-max-deal-saves-iag-from-being-airbus-captive-chief/133350.article A very welcome deal for Boeing, congratulations! I think ...

Re: ATR announces it is researching new design

No doubt door configuration will be reveiewed, airlines being interviewed. Maybe back to the old configuration? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/UT_Air_ATR_72.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UT_Air_ATR_72.JPG Old school aeronautics says engines on the wings are more ef...

Re: ATR announces it is researching new design

Goal is to "slash fuel burn by 20% over current models" It seems a conservative approach over the more revolutionary, game changing concepts filling the skies and youtube. https://www.pilootenvliegtuig.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_ATR_render_View34Av.png https://www.pilootenvliegtuig....

Re: Seattle Times 16 May : Deep SouthWest Airlines Involvement Certification Boeing MAX Safety Alert to avoid Training

Instead of linking to the hack job of a Seattle Times story, we should be discussing the original WSJ reporting that Dominic copied-and-pasted from. I believe that discussion was placed in the general Southwest thread. https://www.wsj.com/articles/southwest-airlines-more-influential-in-early-737-ma...

Seattle Times 16 May : Deep SouthWest Airlines Involvement Certification Boeing MAX Safety Alert to avoid Training

Southwest Airlines proposed a ploy to deceive FAA on Boeing 737 MAX, legal filing alleges According to a legal filing by attorneys pursuing a lawsuit against the airline, Southwest manager Bill Lusk asked Boeing officials, including the MAX chief technical pilot Mark Forkner, if engineers could inst...

Re: Airbus A400M News, Production and Delivery Thread - 2022

It is becoming clear the A400M is extensively used these days in the European theatre as a tanker. For the various border patrols, supporting a variety of missions. While having every A400M basically suitable for this tanker role costed extra, it's paying off today. As did it's tactical capabilities...

Re: Airbus / Qatar A350 dispute - Airbus filed defence and counter-claim

I guess playing time will be over soon. Qatar wants the best aircraft around, A350s & A321NEO's, Airbus wants to sell aircraft. Fire all lawyers, fix the aircraft at Airbus costs & move on. If only it were that simple. But I suspect that's how Airbus handled other airlines that reported min...

Re: Boeing moving HQ to Arlington, VA

Aircraft mass production and assembly technology, CFRP, fly by wire, glass cockpits, HUDs, hydrogen drones, high bypass engines, supersonic, navigation and satellite systems just to name a few. I didn't claim everything is coming from the military but a lot is researched, developed or made usable f...

Re: GOL crew robbed at gun point at hotel in Brazil

Not shocking at all. What’s surprising is that this made news. Agreed. Cell phone theft in South America is quite common. I had an iPhone grabbed right out of my hand by a 10-12 year old in Buenos Aires several years ago. Armed thefts at Brazilian Hotels have been happening for years. When I was li...

Re: 737 MAX 10 Uncertainty Potentially holding up 16 billion dollars worth of Sales

United is by far the biggest 737-10 customer (250) . This delay creates problems, so far they just got 39x -8,-9 MAXs from 400 MAX order, dating back a decade. They'll have to stick to their 737-900ER fleet as long as possible. The 757/767 fleets are getting real old, translating in high operating c...

Re: Airbus A330neo Sales Campaigns and Prospects Thread - 2022

NLINK wrote:

One carriers numbers have shown the 330-NEO and 767-300ER fuel burn on a 4,000nm-4,500nm route to be basically identical.

Re: Airbus A330neo Sales Campaigns and Prospects Thread - 2022

I think it is interesting to consider that hundreds of A333s where bought and used for 300 seat regional operations, and very good at that. Over the years Airbus significantly upgraded MTOW, range, span and payload making it a capable long haul machine, but also less optimized to replace many of the...

Airbus A330neo Sales Campaigns and Prospects Thread - 2022

Please contniue from the previous Thread : https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1457387&start=100 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/6dvhevi9wc1jlwjdzd55ur6thtztk95.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330neo#Orders_and_deliveries It seems 73 delivered, a ...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Delivery Thread - 2022

EK 787s delayed at least a year, to 2024. Emirates has said that the delivery of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners has been delayed by at least one year to 2024. Prior to the delay, the Dubai-based carrier was due to receive the first of its 30 Boeing 787-9s next year. Due to Boeing’s ongoing production an...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

It might not be a case of being afraid of operating different types and/or used aircraft, but about dollars & pollution. If newer aircraft burn 15% less, offer standardization and reduced pollution and maintenance, that will count. https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/...

Re: Airbus / Qatar A350 dispute - Airbus filed defence and counter-claim

I guess playing time will be over soon.

Qatar wants the best aircraft around, A350s & A321NEO's, Airbus wants to sell aircraft.

Fire all lawyers, fix the aircraft at Airbus costs & move on.

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

You can interpret my post the way you want to. But I do believe you understand that what I meant was simply that if we look at the frames themselves Boeing has the slightly better wide body products than Airbus, better positioned on the market. (Problems with lead time, production halt, delays, mov...

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

At the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market which is currently being held in Dubai, Emirates CCO Adel Al Redha, has stated that Emirates will receive its first A350 in August 2024 and the first B779 in 2025. I bet some A350-900 orders will be converted / added to A350-1000s, before the first A350...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

It might not be a case of being afraid of operating different types and/or used aircraft, but about dollars & pollution. If newer aircraft burn 15% less, offer standardization and reduced pollution and maintenance, that will count. https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/1...

Re: 737 MAX 10 Uncertainty Potentially holding up 16 billion dollars worth of Sales

I think FAA / EASA experts reviewed the 737 crew alerting system after the MAX crashes. Then independent specialists (reviewed all emergency situations of the last 50 years that involved the 737 CAS and the roll it played. And then it started to shine through how this questionable functionality was...

Re: 737 MAX 10 Uncertainty Potentially holding up 16 billion dollars worth of Sales

I think FAA / EASA experts reviewed the 737 crew alerting system after the MAX crashes. Then independent specialists (reviewed all emergency situations of the last 50 years that involved the 737 CAS and the roll it played. And then it started to shine through how this questionable functionality was...

Re: 737 MAX 10 Uncertainty Potentially holding up 16 billion dollars worth of Sales

At some point a line has to be drawn and EICAS will be introduced on 737. That point was 2011 or maybe 1995. The geriatric 737 crew alerting system played a bad role in a series of 737MAX and 737NG incidents and accidents. Somehow Boeing was able to push it thru in 1995 and 2011, bending the paperwo...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

Maybe CASM for the 77L and 77W compared to other aircraft plays a role.

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

Most of the the 777-300ERs are 13-15 yrs old.
777 slots at Boeing seem unavailable this decade.
I guess a mix of 787-10 and 777-9 is most likely?

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

Boeing should stop pushing out investment, spending free cash flow, obeying WS, promising heaven and telling themselves what a great company they are. People from outside (Boeing, America) taking control & putting WS on arms length might be required to achieve more than cosmetic changes.

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

I'd guess most airlines would prefer to see a strong Boeing. All Airlines I think. And don't underestimate the pressure from the hundreds of suppliers in the Boeing supply chain, memories on money extracting "Partnership for Success" are fresh. They invested and now see deliveries reduced...

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

I think almost alll 777-9 customers have A350s in the fleet (Lufthansa, Etihad, Cathay, Emirates, Qatar, Singapore, BA..) Converting / adding the mature, much lighter A350-1000 is becoming a no brainer.. Still Airlines understandably do not want to become too dependent on Airbus for their fleets. Bu...

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

Boeing will not go belly up. They have their issues for sure, but they will sort it out step by step. From my point of view they have still the stronger offering in the WB market (787 + 777X is greater than 330Neo + 350), and they still dominate freighter market despite Airbus launch of the A350F. ...

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

Boeing will not go belly up. They have their issues for sure, but they will sort it out step by step. From my point of view they have still the stronger offering in the WB market (787 + 777X is greater than 330Neo + 350), and they still dominate freighter market despite Airbus launch of the A350F. ...

Re: AerCap CEO says “Boeing will Bounce Back”

Kelly looks back 100 years to predict future improvement & has a lot of 737 MAX on order. Not fully convincing to me. Hope he is right non the less.

Re: Qantas/Airbus to launch Project Sunrise and firm narrowbody order tomorrow (2 May 22)

Qantas will offer A350-1000 economy with 33 inch pitch/ recline, reasonably width seats/ armrests / aisles (vs 9 abreast 787 / 10 abreast 777 width). Those inches make a big difference on long flight comfort when you're more than average dimensioned.

Re: Qantas/Airbus to launch Project Sunrise and firm narrowbody order tomorrow (2 May 22)

Qantas is gone, KLM is gone, Delta is gone... DL would very much like to remain a "balanced" customer, as per my contact there who'd know... but Boeing hasn't offered them anything but crap as of late, so in his/her words: "what can we responsibly do?" I'd imagine the same for t...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Is there anything "firm" about the Max 7, just askin'. Ordering them and getting them into revenue service seems tricky. As posted by me a few days ago, the remaining (from 4/1/22) purchase commitments for 2022 favor -8s to -7s about 4:1. The -7s will eventually be certified, delivered, a...

Re: Six arrests after brawl on board KLM flight

Doberdawg wrote:

I literally howled reading this!

IFlyOff wrote:

Are there any non stop flights between Manchester and Miami? There'd be lots of entertainment in both directions.

Re: Avolon CEO says Boeing has "lost its way"

The thing about Boeing is, coming from the max crisis I really don’t see how the post-max years could really have been any different knowing what we know now. With the regulatory landscape doing a 180. Let’s assume boeing got real good leadership that pushed culture change. Bear in mind, changing t...

Re: Airbus A321XLR Development / Testing / Production Thread - 2022

Typically authorities don't advice on materials, solutions but focus on complying with regulations. I think they'll be strict on the XLR having the same or better belly land, fire & passenger evacuation specifications as previous A321's. https://d1a2ot8agkqe8w.cloudfront.net/web/2019/07/a321acf-...

Re: New J-20 Variant: A Two Seat Stealth Fighter

that is if you can actually keep the larger, non stealthy and slow moving aircraft from getting struck by one of the many long range missiles that are becoming more and more common Stealthy aircraft That is a dilemma. However, being farther away from the front line does not reduce the drone communi...

Re: Airbus to increase A320 production to 75 aircraft a month

Call me pessimistic, A320 production isn't the only worry for Boeing. I think Boeing doesn't have adequate responses to the A220, A321. A350-900 and A350-1000. And the 787 faces healthy pressure form the A330NEO. The usual "yes, but Boeing dominates WB's", "in service market share loo...

Re: Six arrests after brawl on board KLM flight

Let them sober up & have a good talk to the police, judge, somewhere next week. Or the week after..

Re: Boeing moving HQ to DC

They need the government badly for the next 10 years in a dozen ways. Though they'll deny forever..