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Meet the Bombardier CRJ1000 EuroLite

All this chatter about how Bombardier's new CSeries 130XT variant is aimed at clients in Europe and elsewhere gets one to thinking about whether the airframer has a special CRJ1000 variant in mind for Europe too. Well, by golly, it does. In addition...

Published Wed, Jul 9 2008 10:12 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: Air Transport, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Bombardier, CSeries, Adria Airways, CRJ1000 EuroLite, CSeries 130XT, Air France, Brit Air, CRJ1000, Myair
US Airways explains A320 IFE pull out; reveals Lumexis trial!!!

Okay, so you've seen reports today that US Airways is banning movies on its domestic flights, and you're wondering: "For the love of God an d all that is holy, how cheap can they get? Free water is, after all, down the toilet . I asked US...

Published Wed, Jul 9 2008 6:34 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: US Airways, US Air Transport, In-flight Entertainment/Communications, IFE, in-flight entertainment, Lumexis, Airbus A320
Virgin America's Charles Ogilvie heads to Panasonic

It's official. Charles Ogilvie, one of the top airline IFE talking heads in the industry, is leaving Virgin America on Friday to take up a position at Panasonic. Here is Virgin America CEO David Cush's email to employees: Dear Teammates: I t is...

Published Tue, Jul 8 2008 6:21 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: Air Transport, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Virgin America, US Air Transport, In-flight Entertainment/Communications, IFE, in-flight entertainment, Panasonic, David Cush, Charles Ogilvie
That's one hell of a bird

The Northwest jet that looks like it got punched in the nose by the Hulk, and NBC's take on the matter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSmkJ67zXgg Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 8 2008 5:03 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: US Air Transport, Northwest Airlines, bird strike
Countdown to CSeries final assembly decision (plus all that China talk)

A decision on where the CSeries will be assembled has not yet been made, but signs are increasingly pointing to Bombardier's Mirabel, Quebec plant. Bombardier has long said it sees its plant in Mirabel - a suburb of Montreal - as the "preferred...

Published Mon, Jul 7 2008 8:33 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: Research Capital, Air Transport, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Bombardier, CSeries, Farnborough, Jacques Kavafian, Kansas City, Mirabel
A pilot's perspective on BA's L'Avion buy and scope

A friend of mine who flies as a commercial pilot has some interesting insight into the scope issue facing BA's OpenSkies. I've covered the issue of US pilot scope clauses on this side of the pond many times ( this 2006 piece has nearly everything...

Published Thu, Jul 3 2008 5:32 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: Air Transport, Boeing 757, scope, OpenSkies, British Airways, BA, L'Avion, pilot
Aircell on the record...briefly (plus a July 4th Boingo promo)

Aircell has replied to my request for comment about last week's trial of its Gogo connectivity service onboard a couple of American Airlines 767-200 flights. "In terms of the public test last week, we were very pleased with the response from...

Published Thu, Jul 3 2008 12:58 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: US Air Transport, In-flight Entertainment/Communications, American Airlines, in-flight connectivity, Aircell, Boingo, Boeing 767-200
CSeries will pose "serious" threat to Boeing 737-700: analyst

Bombardier's CSeries family, the new specifications of which were revealed here , is poised to become a serious threat to the Boeing 737-700. So says analyst Jacques Kavafian, who, after recently attending a China tour organized by Bombardier, rather...

Published Wed, Jul 2 2008 2:40 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: China Southern Airlines, Air Transport, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Bombardier, CSeries, 110, Jacques Kavafian, 130, 110ER, 130ER, Boeing 737-700
American Airlines is hush, hush about Aircell's Gogo

American Airlines received loads of press last week when it opted to do a soft launch of Aircell's Gogo air-to-ground connectivity service onboard a couple of Boeing 767-200 flights. So how did the system perform during the 25 June test? That's...

Published Tue, Jul 1 2008 6:45 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: US Air Transport, In-flight Entertainment/Communications, American Airlines, in-flight connectivity, Aircell, Gogo, Boeing 767-200, Wall Street Journal
Solid Gold MRO for Bombardier's CSeries

While Bombardier is moving fast and furious to get its CSeries specs in sweet order , the company is also making strides on another CSeries-related front - it is getting its support network for the now five-variant family into shape. Discussions with...

Published Tue, Jul 1 2008 1:56 PM by Runway Girl

Filed under: Air Transport, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Bombardier, CSeries, MRO, Solid Gold, maintenance, ST Aero, Boeing, Skybus Airlines, GoldCare

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Meet the Bombardier CRJ1000 EuroLite

US Airways explains A320 IFE pull out; reveals Lumexis trial!!!

Virgin America's Charles Ogilvie heads to Panasonic

That's one hell of a bird

Countdown to CSeries final assembly decision (plus all that China talk)

A pilot's perspective on BA's L'Avion buy and scope

Aircell on the record...briefly (plus a July 4th Boingo promo)

CSeries will pose "serious" threat to Boeing 737-700: analyst

American Airlines is hush, hush about Aircell's Gogo

Solid Gold MRO for Bombardier's CSeries