Farnborough 2012

[Grahame Hutchison]

Cathay Pacific selects A350-1000. Places 10 new orders and converts 16 existing -900 orders to -1000. Will now take 22 -900s (from 2016) 26 -1000s (from 2018).

Year of the MAX: Boeing are confident the 737 MAX will have 1,000 firm orders by the end of 2012.

Onboard tour of the Qatar Dreamliner B787 (http://www.youtube.com/qatarairways)

Mayaysia Airlines A380 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC0rJW2BC8I&list=UUkfZz95mfqPnzquatVpDTsQ&index=2&feature=plcp)

Virgin Galactic video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QA0f7c6xFk)

Images from Farnborough Day 1 (http://event.airbus.com/airshows/farnborough2012/photos/monday9.html)

[Mike W]

Boeing has just confirmed on Twitter that GECAS has committed to 100 737's including 75 737-8 Max models and 25 737-800NG's to go along with the 75 Max 737's ordered yesterday by ALC. Bloomberg are also reporting that Boeing and Unuted are about to announce another 100 737's including Max and NG models, although this order may be announced in Chicago, HQ for both companies.

[Mike W]

Kuwaiti lessor ALAFCO has signed for 20 Max 737's

[Grahame Hutchison]

Boeing Day 2 video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCGuJ6U4MMA&feature=youtu.be).

[Grahame Hutchison]

Weather for Farnborough Day 3 looks a little more promising ...


Siva Govindasamy - Flightglobal
https://irs3.4sqi.net/img/general/cap600/b3DAsacOUK-2OtTjMXZ7Kc1h3j9j3CSo5OE5mLj87tk.jpg

[Mike W]

Boeing has just announced on Twitter that they have received (and signed) a 737 order with Avolon for 10 Max 8's, 5 Max 9's and 10 -800's

[Grahame Hutchison]

Airbus Day 3 video (http://videos.airbus.com/video/3eebba0e25ds.html).

Aviation Week video highlights (http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:c757984d-8899-488d-bc38-5d2824ba71b3&plckPostId=Blog:c757984d-8899-488d-bc38-5d2824ba71b3Post:08b61dbf-208c-49ce-9cfc-306d43e73aa7).

Flightglobal Daily News (http://rbiuk.ceros.com/fdn/july12/page/1).

[Grahame Hutchison]

United Airlines sign $14.7B order for 150 737s, including 100 737 MAX 9 & 50 737-900ER.


A big week for Boeing

Celebrate surpassing the 10,000 order mark for the 737.
Orders & commitments over the past week reaching 396 airplanes

[Mike W]

All the social media talk eminating from the show is about how boring and mundane the show has been as far as news goes. As for me, I don't thing Boeing scoring all those orders as boring. Maybe it's the Airbus fanboys feeling deflated?

[Richard H.]

Perhaps people are just getting jaded with the massive numbers of NEO & Max orders and are hanging out for news about the big toys? No 747-8 or A380 orders this show after all. No new programmes announced (new HGW A330 notwithstanding) no big military news either...

Airbus fanboys deflated? (Cathay news also notwithstanding.) Who knows? I suspect the Mitsubishi fanboys will be happy though. :D

[James S.]

I suspect the Mitsubishi fanboys will be happy though. :D

You betcha! :D

I've always been looking forward to the MRJ, maybe it can be a replacement (in my eyes) for the awesome YS-11, and it's a very good looking aircraft. Great news for the program after the schedule delays earlier in the year, it should be an E-190 killer with its lower weight and more fuel efficient engines, only negative is that it doesn't have room for freight carriage underneath the cabin, it has more of a Dash/ATR style bin.