JetBlue has signed a three-year, C$28 million ($19 million) training deal with Airbus and CAE. Under the deal, CAE will supply three flight-training devices - replica cockpit simulators without simulated vision or movement - for initial training of JetBlue's Airbus A320 pilots. The pilots will then move to A320 full flight simulators operated by Airbus in Miami.
Source: Flight International
Spirit Airlines became the latest airline on 1 August to say it had deferred deliveries of new Airbus A320neo-family jets, a move coming amid competitive pressure and operational upheavals caused by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine problems
There is a sense among people who study Boeing that the company’s board of directors made a very good decision in picking longtime aerospace executive Kelly Ortberg to succeed David Calhoun as chief executive.
Boeing chief executive David Calhoun thinks the company could have its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the first half of 2025, while cautioning that the regulator will determine ultimate timing.
