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Russian MoD: S-400 data shows 4 x Israeli F-16D “Barak” fighter jets hiding behind Russian Il-20 (militarized 1950’s IL-18) to avoid Syrian missile which struck the Russian aircraft and killed 15 Russian airmen. This has strained Russian-Israeli relations and Russia is now sending its S-300 anti-aircraft missile batteries to Syria, maybe S-400’s? Israel needs to learn what international law is and that is just cannot keep attacking its own people in Gaza and neighbouring states from the air against without just cause and consequences its just too arrogant to accept any blame on itself for anything, always someone else’s fault? angels they ain’t!

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  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-aviation-doctor-3200a021/     Published time: 24 Sep, 2018 17:11Edited time: 24 Sep, 2018 18:46 Get short URL IL-20 is base don the IL-18 (NATO: “Coot”) 676 built between 1956 and 1985. The IL-18 could carry up to 120 passengers, pilots loved it, I talked to several CSA pilots and they thought the world of … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: DAY #1 at Farnborough International Airshow – July 16, 2018

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Read my regular Articles and Posts on LinkednIN:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/         July 16, 2018,  Airfinance Journal:        Day One of Farnborough 2018 belonged firmly to Boeing in terms of firm orders, although the US manufacturer saved up many of its largest announcements from deals done earlier in the year.   Airbus, meanwhile, … Continue reading →

New survey shows continuing challenges for aircraft redeliveries in 2018

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Read my regular Articles and Posts on LinkednIN:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/   Airline Economics Daily – July 2, 2018     A recent survey from IBA has shown that both lessors and lessees agree that the redelivery process is not started early enough, with records and engines topping the list of the most challenging elements of a … Continue reading →

How the British Rolls Royce Nene Turbojet Engine Allowed Russia’s MiG-15 (NATO code named ‘Fagot”) to Fight the USAF in the Korean War, and 65+ years later it is still in service with the Korean People’s Army Air Force (KPAAF), whose most formidable offensive aircraft are the +300 AN-2 (Chinese Y-5) low and slow flying fabric biplanes with wooden props that are “stealthy” to US and South Korean radars?

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/   North Korean, Chinese built F-5 (aka Mig-15)       Tomas’s Comment: This is a true story about how the British gave the Russians their RR Nene engine, which the Russian reversed engineered and developed their VK-1 turbojet engine which powered their first ‘real’ jet fighter the Mig-15 (aka “engine with a … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: While India’s aerospace industry is growing, most of it is on the military side while commercial aviation is far behind, yet HAL (Hindustan Aircraft Ltd) started with license production of the Hawker Siddley 748 turboprop airliner almost 40 years ago (89 built) and then in the mid-1980’s continued with the Dornier 228 (till now +125 built), and that is it? Oh, lets not forget the never ending 29 year development of the NAL Saras, a 14 passenger pusher turboprop resurrected earlier this year again, for what ? its too small for India’s needs. The Indians know they need bigger aircraft, have the “plans” for the 80-90 seat Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) turboprop and the 70-100 seat Indian Regional Jet (IRJ), but as of now its just talk and nice computer generated pictures. Of the top 7 major aerospace manufacturing nations, India is ranked 7th, yet was ahead of the Chinese 30 years ago, but it has not moved forward, while the Chinese now have the ARJ-21, C919 and soon MA-700 turboprop, all India has is the little 19 passenger Dornier 228, and that is it. What is India waiting for ? it has a huge market for aircraft between 19 to 100+ passenger turboprops and jets, it could have been a major competitor in that segment to Brazil, Canada and China, but its out of the game, too late now because too many new players in the market, Japan (MRJ-75/90), Turkey (TR/TRJ-628), Russians (SSJ100, MC-21) and Indonesia (N219), and other nations to come ?

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 India’s commercial aircraft industry struggles to get “off the ground”, yet it has had years of experience and some success, but today it is sadly out of the game. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) first licence production was in the early 1980’s to 1988 the 44 passenger British HS-748 turboprop, of which 380 were built, and … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: A small airline in Thunder Bay, Ontario, North Star Air Ltd. has been bought for $C 31M ($US 23M) by Winnipeg based North West Company (NWC), a large Canadian grocery and retail company with +218 stores, many in remote and isolated communities across Canada’s North. The driver of this deal was to control its distribution by having its own cargo airline, and not being dependent on what is basically a air cargo monopoly by Calm Air in the Manitoba, Nunavut and Kivalliq regions, where NWC has many stores, and where the First Nations communities are totally dependent on aircraft for all their local needs for most of the year. The acquisition raises the problem of a lack of competition in many parts of the North, where communities and suppliers have all but one choice of airline in and out of many communities, which in many cases allows for high margin “monopoly” pricing. Canada has no Essential Air Service (EAS) like the USA, which subsidizes scheduled air services to 150 markets of which 44 are in remote parts of Alaska with single engine turboprops like the CE-208B to SF340’s and CRJ-200’s at a cost of $250M a year (President Trump looking to cut that). Canadian passengers and suppliers in the North have no choice but to pay the very high fares and freight rates demanded by air operators. Time for a new fresh look at affordable air access in the North ? if we are to develop the North as Ottawa says, then we cannot burden and punish the people there with high fares and freight rates, that make life their very expensive as everything in most communities goes by air, from groceries, lumber to even fuel for electric generators.

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It has been pretty quite on the Canadian airline mergers and acquisition front since the late June, 2016 acquisition of Transwest Airlines (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) by local rival West Wind Aviation (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). That deal created another Provincial regional airline monopoly, just as EIC (Exchange Income Corporation) has in neighboring Manitoba, where it now owns … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: The Chinese COMAC C919 airliner made its first flight today (May 5, 2017), and hopefully it will not be long before it is delivered to its first customer, China Eastern. The Comac ARJ-21-700 regional jet (evolved from the locally built MD-82’s and MD-90-30’s programs) took an incredibly long 2,769 days (93.3 months or 7.6 years) from its first flight to delivery to its first customer. This C919, is NO ARJ-21, this is an aircraft China can be proud of and one that can and will compete with Airbus, Boeing, Irkut and Bombardier when it gets its EASA Type Certificate which will take time, as the shadow certification of the ARJ-21 with the FAA did not materialize. Yes, there will be many issues with very poor sales & marketing, product support and after sales service, something Comac has no experience with and AVIC is horrible at. The ARJ-21 has no FAA certification and most likely never will, and will be relegated to flying for Chinese airlines and the very few “dubious” nations that do not require EASA or FAA certification for local registration and operations. The C919 has 99 orders, 227 options and 566 “commitments” so well over its stated break-even of 400 units. A proud day indeed, given the fiasco with the ARJ-21, now Comac will work with EASA to shadow certify the C919, but that will take a few years for sure, so no immediate concerns for the other 4 competing OEM’s. Lastly, this C919 is not the first Chinese indigenous jet airliner, back in 1970 the Chinese then under Chairman Mao Zedung, developed the Shanghai Y-10, a close similarity to the Boeing B720/B707, but it started way before President Richard Nixon’s famous trip to China in 1972 with Air Force One, a C-137 Stratoliner, a modified long range Boeing B707, referred to as SAM26000 (special air mission), in service from 1962 to 1999.

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With the Comac C919 making its first flight, China finally has a commercial aircraft it can be proud off, and this aircraft will be able to compete with the Airbus A320neo, Bombardier’s CS300, Irkut MC-21, Boeing B737-7 and, B737-8 in time as it will require years to get its EASA certification, but Chinese airlines who … Continue reading →

UPDATE: The Czech Republic’s 10-14 seat twin engine turboprop utility, the Evektor EV-55 Outback has been put on hold. Ever since its first flight in June, 2011 the program never had the money to move forward to certification and production, and the $200 million Malaysian investment by former P.M. Dr. Mahatir bin Mohamad never materialized and was in short, a sad “joke’. This is what happens when you have a good performing and well positioned product, but you cannot sell it to investors, because you do not understand what investors want to see and hear. This turboprop General Aviation market is tough business and small companies struggle to compete even after certification and production (PAC 750XStol, Piaggio Aero P.160 Avanti) and then there are those that take years to get certified and still face an uncertain future (Epic 1000, Mahindra Aerospace GA-10, Dornier Seastar/Seawings, Caiga AG 3000, etc.), this program sadly cannot and may not get to the starting gate, and join other programs from the Czech Republic that made it to prototype stage but never into production (LET-610G, Ibis Ae-270, Wolfsburg 270, VUT-100 Super Cobra, Ayres LM-200 Loadmaster, Z-400 Rhino) and now the Czech General Aviation industry faces total collapse, barring production of small 2 seat light sport aircraft (LSA’s).

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READ: BLOG Article of March 9, 2017 on the 2016 General Aviation turboprop market   Evektor’s Press Release – numerous media today: 16. 3. 2017 It is our obligation to inform you that Evektor has temporarily put the EV-55 project on hold until some uncertainties have been solved with our Malaysian investor. In any case, to secure … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: The 2016 General Aviation turboprop deliveries and sales numbers are out from GAMA, and the turboprops were the only segment to record an increase in deliveries (+3.4%), as piston (-4.9%) and especially business jets (-7.9%) are down on 2015 numbers. With 576 turboprop aircraft delivered (and 675 engines, all PT6’s except 10 GE H80 engines) with a sales value of $US 2.057 billion (+8.6%), 2016 was a good year for 3 of the 4 segments (Agricultural, Single engine utility, Single engine pressurized) with Twin turboprop deliveries slightly down (-9.1%). In terms of units, the best segment was the Single engine pressurized with 179 deliveries led by Pilatus with 91 deliveries of its PC-12NG, but new competition is coming soon from Textron’s Denali and EPIC 1000. By sales, the best segment was the Twin Turboprop market, which is dominated by Textron’s King Air (C90/250/350) line with $793 million in sales. While not in GAMA figures, the 5 OEM’s still in the 19 passenger turboprop market, delivered +/- 35 aircraft worth $US 255 million. Lastly, the Agricultural aircraft market is still doing well, with 151 deliveries worth $198 million from crop spraying, fire fighting to actual counter insurgency (COIN) fighting, showing how versatile the turboprops really are today and why we see GE now challenging the P&W PT6 domination of the market for over 50 years.

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READ: 2015 GA turboprop results, February 17, 2016 blog. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/recent-activity/ Another year has passed and time to do my annual turboprop review. The 2016 GAMA shipment and billing numbers were not good for the industry, with overall billings down from $US 24.1 billion in 2015 to $US 20.7 billion, down 14.1% while unit deliveries were … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: Bombardier 1st Half results are out, and it is not good for Aerospace. With only 318 firm CSeries orders today and up to 95 “questionable”, the program suffers from poor sales but even worst, negative margins due to deals below cost, this cannot continue for very long. Yes, 2016 is a tough year for aircraft orders at Airbus and Boeing, and a “price war” is on ! and any big deal will require +65% off list price, which means every new order brings more loses for Bombardier. Meanwhile, CRJ line has only 66 orders in backlog (9 x CRJ-700, 36 x CRJ-900 and 21 x CRJ-1000) good for 25 months of production at the current 2.7 aircraft per month rate, while the Q400 is down to 48 in backlog (40 + 8 recent orders), good to May, 2018 at the current 2.3 aircraft per month. Big discounting under way on the Q400 and CRJ is evident in financials to boost sales, while Business Aircraft orders are slowing down, and production already 20% below last year will be reduced again soon to balance supply and demand. Nothing very promising at Bombardier Aerospace, the company struggles and the 5 year Transformation to 2020 does not look promising at all, market dynamics are creating havoc for Bombardier, but all of that had to have been anticipated when they decided to enter the BIG league and take on Airbus and Boeing, maybe not such a great idea after all ?

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LOTS OF ARTICLES IN AVIATION DOCTOR ON BOMBARDIER, TAKE A LOOK. Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) has released its 1st Half 2016 financials and its time to analyze what is going on at Bombardier so far this year in regard to its struggling Commercial and Business aircraft business. The first 6 months of this year, has seen Bombardier’s … Continue reading →

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