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Disconnecting Russia from aviation’s world order came gradually – then all at once

Jon Ostrower·February 28, 2022

Denial of aviation is a weapon that predates the 21st century battlefield. Yet, with the return of war to Europe, it is also aviation’s Achilles’ heel. With it comes a cascading series of immediate and longer term consequences in the skies as commercial and industrial links are quickly broken after decades of cultivation following the fall of the Soviet Union.

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...

As China freezes out Boeing, Airbus ramp grows output imbalance

Jon Ostrower·June 17, 2021

“Boeing is very much relying upon that commercial pressure from the airlines in China, putting political pressure on Beijing...And so far it hasn’t happened yet,” said Air Lease CEO John Plueger.

MA700 turboprop resurfaces in China with chatter about a secret first flight

Jon Ostrower·October 8, 2021

Yet, over the past week, chatter across a cadre of Chinese aviation watchers and social media postings suggested that the prototype MA700 had made its maiden flight around Sept. 23 or 24 from the the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s (Avic) manufacturing plant at Yanliang Air Base in Xian, where China produces many of its military aircraft. The new April 2021 footage was the first public appearance of any MA700 progress since March 2020 when Avic and Xian rolled-out the first static test airframe. Chinese state media had reported in early 2020 that MA700 was slated to fly before the end of that year.

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.

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...

Comac resurfaces bigger and smaller C919s and new electric commuter

Jon Ostrower·November 9, 2023

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateNovember 9, 2023Comac resurfaces bigger and smaller C919s and new electric commuterPurchase...

737 Max grounding threatens to unravel the aviation certification world order

Jon Ostrower·April 3, 2019

On October 27, 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Civil Aviation Administration of China expanded its regulatory cooperation for...

Three Points: The last 747, eVTOL cash burn, China and the B-21

Jon Ostrower and Elan Head·December 7, 2022

Boeing rolls-out final 747 EVERETT — It was the one-thousand five-hundredth and seventy-fourth — and final — time a 747...

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.

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.

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.