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Three Points: Southwest ready to shop, Airbus thaws & MHI freezes, Comac’s slice of Boeing outlook

Jon Ostrower·October 24, 2020

Boeing floats a new 200 to 250-seater single-aisle, while its most important customer eyes 150 seaters. Airbus tells suppliers to be ready for a 2021 rate increase, while Mitsubishi nears shelving its SpaceJet. Looking closely at Boeing's 20-year outlook, China's first jetliner gets its first real slice of the demand pie.

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.

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...

Three Points: 737 Max recertification trials, Comac’s ARJ21 hat trick, Airbus autonomous landings

Jon Ostrower·June 30, 2020

With FAA recertification flights underway, Boeing's last leg to service re-entry for the 737 Max has begun. Comac makes a triple ARJ21 delivery, signaling an important new phase for the China's aerospace manufacturing proving ground. Airbus autonomous airliner flights trials wrap up and illustrate the different paths toward letting and aircraft make their own decisions.

Boeing postures for a long freeze inside China

Jon Ostrower·September 29, 2022

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateSeptember 29, 2022Boeing postures for a long freeze inside ChinaPurchase a PDF...

A new Boeing 737 Max for Air China rolls out of the paint hangar at Renton, Wash. on March 23, 2021. Photo Credit Woody's Aeroimages.

Jetliner diplomacy between the U.S. and China looks a long way off

Jon Ostrower·March 24, 2021

Boeing has started building 737 Max aircraft again for China, but the plane maker Comac -- its Chinese counterpart -- are at the mercy of the peculiar adversarial interdependence between China and the U.S.

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.

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.

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