Aircraft Manufacturers
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For Emirates, fleet planning has always been an exercise in scale. The airline built its global network around very large aircraft, high-density routes, and long-term certainty from manufacturers. The Airbus A380 delivered that certainty for more than a decade. The Boeing 777X was meant to do the same for the next era. Instead, its prolonged…
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It has been quite the 2025 for manufacturing duopolies Boeing & Airbus. Who was the winner this year? In commercial aviation, there are two numbers that matter more than any others: orders and deliveries. Orders measure confidence in the future—airlines committing billions of dollars to aircraft they may not see for years. Deliveries, by contrast,…
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Boeing opened up a brand new office in Dublin, Ireland last week in the latest development of their expanded presence in Europe. The American planemaker has been making waves in the last few weeks, through the acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems completed, to now this news about the new office. There is a so-called method to…
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EVIO inc, backed by Boeing, is on the road to electric success via the public reveal of it’s 810 hybrid-electric regional aircraft, and has a lot of orders confirmed already for it, highlighting good news and strong demand. The Montreal-based start-up revealed on December 11 it’s plans, followed by some significant backing for the program…
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Boeing & Airbus have completed their acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, which each side of the aircraft manufacturer duopoly taking certain things within this. Such transactions were completed today (December 8), with a new set-up in the world of manufacturing now established. The American planemaker has taken over the company in it’s entirety, whilst the European…
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When Airbus issued an urgent global recall for its A320 Family aircraft—one of the most widely used commercial jet families in the world—the aviation industry braced for chaos. With roughly 6,000 aircraft suddenly requiring immediate software changes, many feared mass cancellations, widespread operational gridlock, and shaken passenger confidence. Yet what unfolded in the days that…