Production ramp-up beyond 10/month inevitable with 787-10X development 787-10X Gate 4 formal launch scheduled in June 2013 787-10X MEW determined at 264,000lbs, versus 787-9′s 250,000lbs 787-10X may feature improved range, become platform for rolling out improvements Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Package B still 3% higher than original SFC 787-8 to be “few hundred kilograms” over Rev K specification on MEW by LN140-150 Boeing likely to launch 777-300ER+, reducing fuel burn by …Read More
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Boeing chooses largest wingspan for 777X
As Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing heads into the future following a better-than-expected 2012 second-quarter net profit of US$967 million, or US$1.27 per share versus the Wall Street consensus of US$1.12 per share, it continues to map out its future widebody strategy that will see new members being added to its popular large twin-engine, long-haul 777 as well as the carbon composite 787 Dreamliner aircraft families. Running ahead in these in-house …Read More
Boeing 737 MAX ups the ante in dogfight with A320neo
At last year’s Paris Air Show, there were blue skies and the airline industry managed to stay relatively healthy despite soaring oil prices and an anaemic global economic recovery, with a year-end industry-wide profit of US$7.9 billion, according to Geneva-based industry body International Air Transport Association (IATA). Fast forward 12 months and the global economy was in a very different shape. Having gone through the fear of contagion in the …Read More
Revamped 777X may limit sales prospects of Boeing jumbo
There is little doubt that a possible order bonanza for the re-engined narrowbody offering from Chicago-based Boeing, the 737 MAX, at next week’s Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom (UK) is going to be under the media spotlight. However, as the world’s second-largest aircraft manufacturer mulls an upgrade to its highly popular long-haul twin-jet with a 787-styled composite wing, a lighter airframe with advanced aluminium-lithium (Al-Li) material and a …Read More
Boeing posts strong 2012 first-quarter results
Chicago-based Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, posted an exceptionally strong first-quarter results which beat Wall Street analysts’ forecast and saw its net income for the quarter soaring by a staggering 58% from US$586 million a year ago to US$923 million this year. The better-than-expected results came as the company recorded a US$0.11 per share positive impact from the release of a litigation reserve, a remarkable quarterly performance from its …Read More
Airbus mulls re-engined A330 along with sharklets (Update1)
When European plane-maker Airbus gave indication in late January that it was considering an update to its Airbus A330-300 aircraft by increasing its maximum take-off weight (MTOW) amongst other enhancements, it represented the first step in a process designed to rejuvenate Airbus’ A330 line of aircraft and propagate its production into the next decade. For the medium term, Airbus is mulling a number of improvements to the larger Airbus A330-300 …Read More
Boeing develops 777X to challenge Airbus A350
As the development of the Airbus A350 XWB (Extra Wide Body) family aircraft gears up this year, with the first A350-900 example entering final assembly in March ahead of its first flight in the second quarter of 2013 (“Airbus faces a crucial year on A350 development“, 25th Jan, 12), the same holds true for the competitive response from its transatlantic arch-rival Boeing on the development of a revamped and upgraded …Read More
2012 a bright year for Boeing
- Boeing posts robust quarterly & yearly results – 737 MAX to enjoy strong sales in 2012 – 737 MAX configuration continues to evolve – Pent-up demand for 787 & 747-8 may be realised this year – 787 production ramp-up key focus of the year – Aspire Aviation changing estimate of 787-10X launch timing from 2012 to 2014 – 777X likely to be launched in 2013, eyed EIS in 2019 …Read More
Airbus faces a crucial year on A350 development
European plane-maker Airbus, a unit of the European Aeronautics, Defence & Space Co. N.V., has enjoyed a record year of 2011 buoyed by an order bonanza at its re-engined A320neo (new engine option) aircraft programme, which accounted for 1,226 of the 1,419 net orders recorded in the year, after taking into account customer cancellations from the tally of 1,608 gross orders, including the exclusion of bankrupt carrier American Airlines’ (AA) …Read More