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A General Electric GE9X engine on display at the 2019 Paris Air Show.

Three Points: Slattery to GE, 777-8F & A380 combi, staggering airline losses

Jon Ostrower·June 15, 2020

Major leadership changes at GE, Embraer and Mitsubishi. What if the 777X freighter is too small? And what of an A380 combi? COVID-19 will wipe out 20 cents of every dollar earned by airlines for the last half century.

A British Airways A380 executes a high-performance takeoff during a flying display at the 2013 Paris Air Show.

Three Points: Reactivating A380s, BizAv’s big picture, flying the B-36 Peacemaker

Jon Ostrower·October 22, 2021

The A380 is back, sort of. Airlines are reactivating the double-deck aircraft ahead of the loosening of COVID-related travel restrictions that promise to breathe life into dormant international routes. Just don't call it a comeback for the superjumbo. By all metrics, business aviation in 2021 is thriving. Back above 2019 levels, the industry is seeing a strong uptick in new development and commercial activity, but examining Honeywell's 10-year forecasts TAC steps back to look at the uncomfortable big picture for the industry's trajectory. What was it like to fly on the Convair B-36? We listen to a first-hand recollection about an aircraft that needed six turboprops and four jet engines just to get off the ground in the early years of the Cold War.

Three Points

Three Points: Slattery to GE, 777-8F & A380 combi, staggering airline losses

Three Points: Reactivating A380s, BizAv’s big picture, flying the B-36 Peacemaker

Three Points: The A320 replacement has a home, 737 Max white tails, shutting down Hong Kong

Three Points: Composite wing R&D, e-taxi trials, United’s longer-legged 787s

Three Points: Artemis scrub, Beta’s battery fire, ATC’s eVTOL capacity

Three Points: Not yet half-way with Max, FAA’s oversight, the quieter legacy of Apollo

Three Points: More months of Max, Spirit’s Belfast necessity, Embraer & Gulfstream’s 600s

Three Points: Cape Air as electric market-maker, A321neo pitch-up issue, tallying Max’s financial toll

Three Points: NMA lives or dies this week, Mitsubishi and Bombardier continue talking, Of Strategy, Tactics & Tone

Three Points: United’s Midnight ride, elusive eVTOL harmonization, AAM won’t end wildfires

Three Points: Coronavirus may nix U.S.-Korea flying, Bombardier’s exit, A220-500 on the wind

Three Points: NYT, AGM on MAX, distance runners, de Havilland reborn

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Comac restarts dormant C929 Western supplier selections

Embraer tees up E175 deal for SkyWest