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Colliding interests will force engine makers into a new business model

Jon Ostrower·July 23, 2020

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.

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

Jon Ostrower·September 12, 2020

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All-new Boeing jet is vaporware, but 5G Max revamp comes to light

Jon Ostrower·October 28, 2020

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.

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

Jon Ostrower·December 24, 2020

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After Max, 787, tanker and spacecraft struggles, trouble comes to 777X

Jon Ostrower·January 27, 2021

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJanuary 27, 2021After Max, 787, tanker and spacecraft struggles, trouble comes to...

Southwest hits roadblock with Boeing & GE as it seeks 300 737s or A220s

Jon Ostrower·February 11, 2021

If certain contractual issues, particularly around the CFM engines, can’t be overcome in this pre-campaign period, a head-to-head competition will follow and likely give the edge to Airbus and the A220.

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.

Engines for A330 freighter will propel or stall its prospects

Courtney Miller·April 8, 2021

Decisions made by Airbus in the late 1980s are guiding the future second act for the A330 as a converted package-hauler.

Airbus pivots A350 to cargo to fix its freighter fortunes

Jon Ostrower·June 23, 2021

Seeing an opening with uncertain Boeing product strategy, Airbus advances toward an A350 freighter. Possible buyers urge consideration of an engine from GE.

Making sense of aviation’s vibe shift to hydrogen

Elan Head·February 23, 2022

Less than four months after the Federal Aviation Administration rolled out its 2021 Aviation Climate Action Plan, the agency’s official blueprint for achieving net-zero aviation emissions by 2050 is already starting to look dated. The plan relies overwhelmingly on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as the principal pathway for reducing the U.S. aviation sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. It is plainly dismissive of hydrogen, stating: “we do not expect hydrogen-powered aircraft to make a significant contribution toward achieving net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.”

Boeing reliance on Russia underscores aerospace industry’s failure to have it all

Jon Ostrower·March 2, 2022

The western civil & defense aerospace business has long believed that Russia could be its customer, supplier and adversary to its patron governments – all at the same time.

Rolls-Royce CEO says Pratt & Whitney spin-off ‘might’ guide rekindled collaboration

Jon Ostrower·July 19, 2022

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJuly 19, 2022Rolls-Royce CEO says Pratt & Whitney spin-off ‘might’ guide rekindled...