There is no all-new single-aisle airplane coming from Boeing -- at least not anytime soon, despite reports to the contrary. Yet, the company earlier this year started looking at major revamp of the 737 Max to compete with the Airbus A321XLR.
You can only blame so much on a pandemic. Like a pre-existing condition that can make a case of COVID-19 deadly versus asymptomatic, the business model governing engine makers and their relationship to aircraft manufacturers made them exceptionally vulnerable. The collapse of global commercial aviation merely revealed the fundamental weakness baked into the relationship.
The first in a two-part series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business of building commercial aircraft...
To E3 or not to E3 Embraer’s commercial aircraft boss, John Slattery, put to bed on Monday the prospect of launching a...
