Odds and Ends of the Paris Air Show, Day 1 The Air Show began with heavy downpour that delayed traffic and buses, but fortunately not us since we didn’t stay in the City—but rather just 5km up the… Read More
Posted on June 20, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends from the Paris Air Show While an order or two are expected to come from Qatar Airways’ mercurial CEO Akbar Al-Baker, the buzz here already is that U-Turn Al may yet again live up to… Read More
Posted on June 19, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing officials like to downplay the prospect of re-engining the venerable 737, but studies are very much alive as the company tries to figure out what the market wants and how to respond to the Airbus A320neo. Boeing… Read More
Posted on June 18, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
AinInsight will host a live pre-Paris Air Show discussion Friday, with guest Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group. Sign up to participate here. Also look for AirInsight’s Paris Air Show preview next week. We historically have done air… Read More
Posted on June 1, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
The decision is in on the appeal of the WTO panel decision in the Airbus and pending on the WTO’s panel findings on Boeing. The “what’s next” is dispute resolution and, failing this, the prospect of imposing tariffs… Read More
Posted on May 23, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
1. JP Morgan looks at Bombardier Aerospace analyst Joe Nadol has an interesting take on Bombardier and the next 12 months. Nadol begins with, “We believe Bombardier may be better positioned now than at any time in the… Read More
Posted on April 4, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
We were at the ISTAT conference Monday and Tuesday, where 1,250 industry officials attended. We wrote several stories for Commercial Aviation Online. These are below:
Posted on March 17, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Note: this is unusually long, 11 pages when printed. The new year is here and it is time for our annual look-ahead for the big OEMs. On a macro level, 2011 should be a good year. Airline passenger… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2011 by Scott Hamilton
Update, Dec. 13: FlightGlobal has this interview with Ryanair and its critique of the NEO. Original Post: The (London) Financial Times has this interview with Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh in which he says there is no… Read More
Posted on December 10, 2010 by Scott Hamilton
Our colleagues at Commercial Aviation Online put together the story below on lessor and banker reaction to the Airbus A320neo announcement December 1. We knew–and previously referenced here–reluctance on the part of these groups to the NEO concept,… Read More
Posted on December 9, 2010 by Scott Hamilton