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An unexpected competitive box awaits Embraer’s E3 turboprop

Jon Ostrower·November 23, 2020

With receding regional aviation competitors, Embraer studies a return to a market that hasn’t had the choice of an all-new product in decades. Unique quirks of the turboprop market and Embraer technology planning will pressure E3 market potential. Big leaps in efficiency of single-aisle jets compresses the list of small markets that need a big turboprop.

Boeing nears, but doesn’t yet clear, the first of three 737 Max hurdles in China

Jon Ostrower·November 1, 2022

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateNovember 1, 2022Boeing nears, but doesn’t yet clear, the first of three...

Boeing postures for a long freeze inside China

Jon Ostrower·September 29, 2022

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CAAC clears 737 Max, but aviation in China is different 33 months later

Jon Ostrower·December 2, 2021

Yet, even with this key development, the jet will return to a transforming Chinese aviation ecosystem that bears little resemblance to the world just before the Max was grounded in March 2019. Since then, the dynamics between the U.S. and China have shifted considerably, along with a pandemic that has reshaped its logistical relationship with the world. And all this against the backdrop of major shifts in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s approach to western business.

China and Russia soften on CR929 tech transfer requirement

Jon Ostrower·December 5, 2018

Against the backdrop of the escalating on-again, off-again trade war with the U.S., China and Russia have moved away from...

China’s ARJ21 should scare Boeing and Airbus

Jon Ostrower·March 9, 2018

With its Antonov wing, 2000s-era General Electric engines and a re-purposed McDonnell Douglas fuselage, Comac’s ARJ21-700 isn’t a head-to-head competitor...

China’s civil aircraft projects face derailment with new U.S. restrictions

Jon Ostrower·December 24, 2020

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China’s momentary air travel collapse and rebound

Courtney Miller·February 26, 2021

How China shut down its air travel system for Lunar New Year.

Comac looks to new shapes for its own future NMA

Jon Ostrower·September 11, 2018

Comac’s slow march to the global commercial aerospace stage has a trio of foundational projects: The early days of the...

Embraer CEO: ‘Geopolitical alignment’ makes China tilt ‘natural’

Jon Ostrower·October 24, 2023

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateOctober 24, 2023Honda sets up test of FAA for nearly-new Echelon business...

Embraer’s strategy hinges on China amid Brazil posture shift

Jon Ostrower·April 12, 2023

Brazil’s thrice-elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is slated to meet with China’s leader Xi Jinping on April 14, in a pivotal visit between the nations with a potentially profound impact on western aerospace.

First China Eastern Comac C919 returns to flying after unexplained absence

Jen Meszaros·May 17, 2023

First Chinese single-aisle Comac C919 inches closer to service with China Eastern as the country bolsters its aircraft development ecosystem.