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No one apart from a Saudi head of state is going to want a private, four-engine business jet, you can’t convert just one aircraft to cargo, and nobody wants a passenger version. As a consequence, the parts and especially the engines, are worth far more than the airplane.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
China is clearly moving to support their Russian friends [ by not imposing its own sanctions ], but the friendship only goes so far, this is business.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Boeing has its fans over there. But a political mandate in China is a political mandate.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Within a year Russia will cease to have any kind of viable airline industry.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
That's a thesis that has never been put to the test, but it's about to be.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
These jets won't be supported with parts and maintenance any longer, it's a real issue if they lose their certificates of airworthiness, which can happen if proper records aren't kept, or especially if they're cannibalized for parts.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
If pricing is firming up for the Max, it's got to be firming up for A320.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
My guess is that Ryanair is playing hardball and eventually will get the Max at closer to the price they want, it's a a deal that Boeing doesn't want to lose and Ryanair knows it.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There's that bottom of the market desperation pricing that's very appealing, but that's not now, we're past that. There are airline execs who would like to think when manufacturers lose pricing power, they never get it back. But that's not the way it works.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is the best form of free advertising, it likely doesn't cost anything. It's gets them free publicity as a forward looking airline with, bizarrely, a concern about the environment.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
You need to find enough full-fare premium passengers to justify the aircraft. Good luck with that.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If Aerion can't do it with a promising business case, who the hell can ?
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The 737 has reached the end of its line with The Max, it made sense as a last of its kind. There's no way you can get a fifth version out of the plane.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It was long overdue for a reexamination, there's been a shift away from twin aisles and towards single-aisle jets. What was a 50-50 split has become two thirds-one third split.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We don't know what Boeing plans to do about its suppliers, they might need them to stop component, systems, and structures deliveries, but it would still need to help these suppliers keep workers and capacity so they can go back to full output when the time comes.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I gave a presentation in January where I said it was about a 65 % chance, now it's still in our forecasts, but it's hanging by a thread.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Whenever someone complains about the trade imbalance, the Chinese point to airplane purchases.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
They have one of the biggest markets in the world, great resources, unlimited talent. The only thing they can do to fail is exactly what they're doing, if they change the rules, they could be phenomenal.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This doesn't change the fact that most people already have what they need in the pipeline.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This is a very positive development for both sides. Boeing got a great endorsement from a respected airline group and IAG gets a heavily discounted jet.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
At this stage in the order cycle, it's pretty unusual for an airline to switch, it's certainly noteworthy.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Everyone who needs a single aisle, next generation jet already has ordered them, there are 11,000 on order. People have what they need.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's possible that China's actions were motivated purely by caution and the interest of public safety. Yet the CAAC is basically an arm of the government, with no political independence, therefore, the CAAC's move to ground the jet... is best viewed as just another tactic in China's trade negotiations.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's hard to tell what is based upon genuine disagreement about safety, what is based upon lack of trust, and what is based upon not wanting to be seen as rubber stamping the The FAA approval, but that's three reasons why it's going to be different this time.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The technology is a headache, but not insurmountable. The damage to the reputation is the biggest challenge of all.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Here you have the headline tragedy, the horror of 300 deaths, but for Boeing, the Dreamliner seemed scarier because we did not know how to fix it, and the consequences of not being able to fix it would have been devastating.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
These developments are disastrous for the MRJ, they are no longer competing with small companies from Canada and Brazil; they are now competing with global aerospace behemoths, with enormous pricing power and industrial scale.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Airbus was very aggressive about booking orders and delivering planes and Boeing were very conservative; Airbus gets hit a bit worse.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's bad news and it doesn't even begin to address the cost of deferred production on the 787.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The issue is how do you as a manufacturer survive the ill winds blowing from the outside world, it is getting grimmer out there.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Tanker and 787 are the only issues that make sense as driving the panicky mood, i would expect Muilenburg would want to deal with this sooner rather than later.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Paying for that performance difference by developing a new jet is simply too expensive. Where would Japan find $ 40 billion or more in its defense budget to develop a new plane ?
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People don't trust their neighbors, resource and territory claims require a keen knowledge of what the other guy is going, and military operations other than war demand strong situational awareness, and of course, societies, militaries, and non-state armed groups are electronically more noisy than ever, meaning countries need ISR to keep tabs on them.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The bomber win positions them as one of the two long-term combat aircraft players in the United States, they're getting back into a leadership position.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
When you have first mover advantage, ramping up is hugely important.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a great business for them to own. In addition to the F-35 and the C-130J, Sikorsky is another great brand for them to underpin their defense strategy.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Just because you lift sanctions doesn't mean you deregulate.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a long game, and you had the old management just in complete denial, what you've got is a management team that now recognizes market reality. You want a strategic win? It's going to cost you.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They've got a strong combination of technology, skills, reasonable costs, an export-driven economy, and a domestic defence market that's large enough to justify home-grown products.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If anything, the market is expanding, as wealthy Gulf countries subsidise weapons purchases by militaries in less rich countries. Egypt's Rafale deal is the best illustration of that.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Regional instability is generally good for arms sales, that combination of military threats, local wealth, and no locally-built alternatives makes the area the best in the world for arms exporters.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
People who fly planes want the best value for money, which means off-the-shelf, people who want jobs and technology development schemes have different priorities. That's why the two groups don't like each other much.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It would be clinically insane for Dassault to guarantee HAL-built planes. The only way forward for the program is to drop this absurd idea.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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