June 6, 2016
Having closed a landmark deal with Delta Air Lines, Bombardier executives have hinted that future C-Series sales will see significantly less discount attached to them.
http://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/aerospace/bombardier-is-ready-to-stem-cseries-discounting-now-that-deltas-signed-on
Both Bombardier and Embraer are reportedly in a bidding contest to supply aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines.
http://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/aerospace/bombardier-cseries-embraer-vie-for-attention-from-ethiopian-airlines
Airline Swiss, the launch customer for the Bombardier C-Series aircraft, has upgraded another 5 of the aircraft on order from the CS100 to the larger CS300 model. That brings the airline up to 15 CS300 orders, 10 CS100 models, and a further 5 that remain undetermined.
http://www.reuters.com/article/bombardier-swiss-idUSL8N18W0AA
Panama's Copa Airlines expects to receive its first Boeing 737 MAX in the second half of 2018. The airline has 61 MAX aircraft on order.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iata-copa-to-take-first-737-max-in-second-half-of-2-425963/
The A320 NEO has received joint FAA/EASA certification with the CFM International LEAP-1A engine. All aircraft delivered up until now have been equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine alternative.
http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines/a320neo-cfm-leap-1a-engines-receives-easa-faa-certification
Qatar Airways has announced that it is dropping the first jet on its order backlog for the A320 NEO, citing delivery delays due to unsatisfactory start-up times for the airplane's PW1100G engines. The airline has not announced if it will re-order the airplane with the alternative CFM International LEAP-1A engine, or if it will order Boeing 737s instead - either of which would take longer than for the promised updates to the existing PW1100G engine to be implemented this summer, leading some analysts to suggest that the cancellation was a negotiating ploy.
http://247wallst.com/aerospace-defense/2016/06/03/qatar-airways-drops-airbus-order-may-consider-switching-to-boeing-737/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/qatar-airways-walks-away-from-airbus-a320neo-deal-over-delays-1464954847
India's GoAir has taken delivery of its first A320 NEO, equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G Geared Turbofan engines, becoming the third operator of the type.
http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2016/06/02/goair-becomes-the-third-airbus-a320neo-operator/
Pratt & Whitney has already incorporated the improvements identified from the PW1100G engine that powers the A320 NEO, into the PW1400G engine intended to power the Irkut MC-21.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pw-inserts-a320neo-engine-design-tweaks-into-mc-21-425125/
Embraer officials are hopeful that the prototype E190-E2 regional jet, which recently completed its first flight test, would be available to appear at next month's Farnborough Air Show.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iata-embraer-targets-farnborough-debut-for-e2-425982/
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