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What happened to JAL ? 
  Seems to me that JAL was a jewel airline, perhaps not as highly ranked as Cathay or Singapore, but still right up there. Now, they are saying that its debts are $8,8 billion more than its assets, it needs massive refunding, may enter bankrupcy etc. It still represents about 60% of flights over Japan, but is said to be bloated,... more »
By JF Mezei  - Oct 23 - 1 new of 1 message    

Boeing and Airbus set to lose marketshare in narrowbody 
  [link] Some study says that Boeing and Airbus who currently hold about 88% market share in the 100-200 pax market may see their market share drop by half (to about 40%) because of new entrants such as Bombardier, Embraer, the japanese, chinese and russians.... more »
By JF Mezei  - Oct 19 - 3 new of 3 messages    

Boeing delays B747-8 
  -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [link] Boeing are really shooting themselves in the foot, yet everyone laughed at Airbus when they delayed the A380. If this keeps up, this may bring some viability back to the A380F (something would have to happen to the... more »
By A Guy Called Tyketto  - Oct 9 - 4 new of 4 messages    

Spectacular September sales for Airbus (NOT !) 
  In September 2009, Airbus racked up a whopping sales for two, yes, 2 new aircraft. And it got 4 cancellations for a total net orders of minus 2 aircraft ! So far: Airbus has 149 gross orders, 123 net orders this year. Boeing has 170 gross orders, 79 net orders this years. Apparently, 787 cancellations count for a lot of roughly 90... more »
By JF Mezei  - Oct 8 - 1 new of 1 message    

BBC to start charging for seat pre-selection 
  BBC reports: British Airways is to start charging for seat pre-selection prior to check-in for both coach and business class passengers. Fees between £10 and £60. BBC has an article on various fees out of London airport: [link] With airlines searching to continue to advertise low fares, but increase... more »
By JF Mezei  - Oct 7 - 10 new of 10 messages    

Mitsubishi delays Regional Jet 
  ...TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (7011.T) said it was delaying delivery of its first passenger jet by three months to the first quarter of calendar 2014 due to design changes. ... Mitsubishi Heavy will change the material used in the wings to aluminium instead of carbon fibre for better fuel efficiency, and will widen the... more »
By JF Mezei  - Sep 9 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Bombardier's C-Series vs Dreamliner ! 
  There was an article in La Presse (montreal newspaper) a couple of days ago. The Title was akin to "C-Series: Bombardier wants to avoid the Dreamliner NIGHTMARE". Obvsiouly a PR effort from Bombardier. This was sparked by Bombardier having received one large fuselage plug from its chinese contractor for... more »
By JF Mezei  - Aug 26 - 3 new of 3 messages    

Rumour: Air China to increase stake in Cathay Pacific 
  BBC now reports that trading in Cathay Pacific shares has been suspended in Hong Kong, pending an expected announcement from Air China. Rumours are that Air China may increase its stake or buy Cathay Pacific. last week, I though about asking here what people though of the future of Cathay Pacific. We haven't learned much about CX in the last couple... more »
By JF Mezei  - Aug 17 - 1 new of 1 message    

Another flaw found for 787 ? 
  [link] Basically, on June 23rd, Alenia stopped work on 2 sections of the 787 it was producing. "after structural flaws were found on fuselages". ...Alenia Aeronautica halted production because of wrinkles in the fuselage skin caused by flaws in subcomponents of the one-piece composite barrel,... more »
By JF Mezei  - Aug 14 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Some US Airline data for July 
  ... CHICAGO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The following table lists July mainline operational data for the nine largest U.S. airlines by passenger traffic, compared with the same month a year earlier: ----Traffic---- ---Capacity--- --Load factor-- RPMs pct chg ASMs pct chg pct Change... more »
By JF Mezei  - Aug 7 - 1 new of 1 message    

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