It’s an old adage in the industry: not every aircraft order is entirely an aviation story. Sometimes it is a foreign policy statement with wings attached. Vietjet’s agreement to lease 10 COMAC C909 regional jets falls into this category. The…
Reports that Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern are collectively expecting 33 C919s this year — a more than doubling of the 15 aircraft they received in 2025. But context matters enormously here. COMAC’s own track record: Year Target Actual…
Day 1 of the 2026 Singapore Airshow has brought only a couple of commercial aircraft announcements. The most noticeable is that of Air Cambodia, confirming a previously undisclosed order for 10 Boeing MAX 8s. The order also includes 10 options…
Conversations about COMAC invariably are about its potential. The OEM has a captive market. It is state-owned and serves state-owned customers – lots of patience all around. Customers outside its home market receive favorable financing from other state-owned financial institutions.…
First, Happy New Year. Let’s hope 2026 is an improvement on 2025 in every way. We have reviewed the overnight numbers and refined our daily production and delivery tracker. Here’s the quick delivery summary: Airbus 784 deliveries and a revised…
It’s close to the end of the year now – Asia popped their champagne, and Europe is icing its champagne while the US West Coast has yet to wake up. As Europe winds down, we show Airbus delivered 781. That…
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