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Challenging economy biggest obstacle for Bombardier CSeries

By Vinay Bhaskara

July 24, 2012

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When Tony Fernandes, director of AirAsia Berhad announced that his airline was in preliminary talks with Montreal-based plane-maker Bombardier to buy 100 of Bombardier’s potential 160 seat CSeries aircraft, it ended the recently concluded Farnborough Airshow on a relative high note for Bombardier. During an air show that was tabbed as a referendum on the beleaguered CSeries programme, Bombardier managed relative success, winning 25 new commitments to the CSeries; 5 …Read More

A Q400X turboprop bodes well for Bombardier

By Vinay Bhaskara

November 17, 2011

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On 19th October, 2011, Air New Zealand (ANZ) announced an order for 7 new ATR 72-600 aircraft plus five options for growth of its domestic regional operations. The airline stated that while it had given consideration to both Bombardier and ATR for this latest order, it had chosen the ATR aircraft due to its superior fuel burn performance and optimisation for operations in poor weather conditions. Air New Zealand’s regional operations …Read More

Boeing 737 MAX gains traction as configuration being defined

By Daniel Tsang

November 14, 2011

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Following its launch in August this year, the re-engined Boeing 737 MAX aircraft programme has helped the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer regain strong sales momentum seen by its arch-rival European plane-maker Airbus on its re-engined A320neo (new engine option) aircraft, garnering 700 commitments from nine airlines around the world, up from 496 commitments from five airlines received at programme launch (“Boeing 737 MAX to help recover sales momentum“, 5th Sep, 11). …Read More

Reducing costs imperative for American Eagle spin-off

By Vinay Bhaskara

August 19, 2011

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On August 11th, 2011, AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines (AA), filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating that it would be spinning off American Eagle (American Airlines’ largest regional partner) to AMR shareholders. As it is currently written, the deal gives all AMR shareholders 1 common share in American Eagle for each share of AMR stock that they own. Under the terms of …Read More