Special Topics

For this week’s Flight Friday we look at Embraer’s E190-E2 and E195-E2.

Airlines will need 11,000 new aircraft in the up-to-150 seat category over the next 20 years according to Embraer’s recently published Market Outlook 2023.

New trends affecting commercial aviation are emerging now that the worst of the pandemic appears to be over.

SAF production cost and supply availability will fail to meet aviation needs, a Bain study finds.

Larry Strykowski to Director of Business Development of Rusada, Boulder, CO.

UNITED AIRLINES had $473m net income for 3Q21 (vs $1b in 3Q19) on 32% lower revenues vs 3Q19; it expects to benefit from intl. reopening (777s

There is increasing talk of 100% sustainable aviation fuel, up from the current 50% blend limit. But it is not as simple as just pouring more biofuel

CASTLELAKE AVIATION priced $420m senior notes and entered into $1.18b term loan to finance acquisition of 71 aircraft.

AMERICAN is projecting 2Q21 revenue to be 37.5% lower than 2Q19 on 24.6% lower capacity, better than previous guidance; it expects to post between net

AMERICAN is projecting 2Q21 revenue to be 37.5% lower than 2Q19 on 24.6% lower capacity, better than previous guidance; it expects to post between net

José Alejandro de Iturbide Gutiérrez to Chief Legal Officer of Volaris, Mexico City.

LUFTHANSA CARGO ordered another 777F for delivery by end of 2021; it will then have 15 freighter aircraft.

Greg Smith, Executive Vice President-Enterprise Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Boeing, announced plan to retire on July 9, 2021.

Uschi Schulte-Sasse to Senior Vice President-Aviation of INFORM, Germany.

Laura J. McGill, of Sandia National Laboratories, was elected President of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

AIRBUS announced orders for two A320neos from SKYSERV, Greece and two A321neos from an unidentified customer, and now has 381 orders in 2020. It has 7

TRIUMPH SYSTEMS & SUPPORT has indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from Diehl Aviation to supply the service panel lever and cable

Michael Steinberg to General Manager of Nasmyth TMF, Valencia, CA.

When an airline decides to either switch or extend its aircraft fleet, it needs to ensure that it has the right amount of stock in place to support however many aircraft it is taking on.

Lufthansa Technik continues to expand its Hamburg engine facility in preparation for the first shop visits of the CFM LEAP engines.

IBM software is being used streamline a technician’s notes—aka unstructured data—helping to discover the cause of a fault and apply the most effective prevention or repair strategy.

The last several installments have looked at two options for staggering a fleet for shop visits.