Boeing Sweetens
Bid to Brazil to Win Jet Fighter Race
Tanker Bid Should Consider WTO Ruling, Lawmakers Say
WTO report and its impact on Boeing. Glenn Farley interviews Michel
Merluzeau
August 2009
Row 44’s airborne Wi-Fi is set to take off after a
recent deal with Southwest Airlines.
Glenn Farley discusses the 787 program with Michel Merluzeau
July 2009
Aerospace Summit: Aerospace Industry Leaders (panel discussion) moderated by
Glen Farley, KING 5 TV (w/Q&A from audience), summit wrap-up.
Boeing Ready to Buy F-18 Parts in Brazil to
Win Sale
Charter plane company Clay Lacy has sky-high hopes of
putting wireless Internet service in its aircraft.
June 2009
787 Delays, Qantas cancels order for 15 787s and delays deliveries
Bombardier at the Paris Air Show: Q400 and CRJ1000, No CSeries.
Boeing, Raytheon Take Aim at Drone Market Dominated
by Northrop
“The Global Hawk sensor suite is eye watering and very impressive in terms
of day and night surveillance,” said Ron Stearns, research director at G2
Solutions, an aviation consulting firm in Seattle. “For high-altitude long
endurance, Global Hawk is basically it right now.”
May 2009
Dreamliner debuting to sky-high hopes
It's a few
years behind schedule, but Boeing is finally preparing the 787 Dreamliner
for its maiden flight sometime next month. And for Boeing's sake, the
aircraft had better fly like a dream. Deborah Wang reports.
Boeing Jumbo Jet May Benefit From Dreamliner Progress
The Regional View
With new platforms in the pipeline, regional operators
are focusing squarely on the bottom line, looking at next-generation
avionics to boost efficiency and safety while meeting operational demands
April 2009
Rotorcraft Report: VH-71 Project in Doubt
Boeing Deliveries Rose to 121
Planes in First Quarter
March 2009
VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Troubles
February 2009
Video commentary about Bombardier layoffs in Montreal
January 2009
Michel Merluzeau discusses the CSeries outlook and Bombardier
Unmanned, Persistent ISR: The market for unmanned
aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
could reach $44.5 billion in the next decade
Ron Stearns G2 Solutions
November 2008
Michel Merluzeau's comments on the financial state of commercial airlines
Ron Stearns, G2 Research Director discusses the UAV market
SVS Virtual Sight Lines
From their beginnings in general aviation, Synthetic Vision Systems are
becoming increasingly popular in new piston planes and higher-end business
jets
Bombardier 2007 Results, outlooks for the C-Series,
Interview with Michel Merluzeau Bombardier's shares up sharply on the TSX January 2008
787 Program and Boeing's Profits ``What Boeing is saying to customers is working
because orders are still coming in for it,'' said Michel Merluzeau, an
aviation consultant at G2 Solutions in Kirkland, Washington. ``They just
need to reassure the crowd they have complete control. The problem is,
sometimes what you tell your customers, you can't tell Wall Street.''
Interview about the tanker program and Airbus
relocation of the A330F assembly to Alabama
Commercial Avionics market study release mention in
Speednews
November 2007 "GPS retrofit: G2 Solutions is
projecting a steady decline in market from $96m forecast for 2007" Issue 1473, November 2. Information
available at
www.speednews.com October 2007
Comments about the SAS Dash-8Q400 emergency landing in Denmark
available
here
Further comments about the second SAS Q400 Emergency landing in Lithuania
here
"Bombardier now has a serious PR problem with this latest accident. It is
imperative for the company to make an effort to correct those issues,
otherwise the reputation of the Q400 might be tarnished for good in Europe
mainly " Michel Merluzeau
(mmerluzeau@g2globalsolutions.com)
August 2007
Comments from Michel Merluzeau about the 787 delays available
here
July 2007
Interview with Montreal Argent about
rumors of partnership between Airbus and Embraer and how this might affect
the plans for Bombardier's C-Series.
Link to interview
June 2007
Michel Merluzeau, Principal Analyst for Commercial Aerospace
commented recently about Bombardier Annual Shareholders meeting TV interview
and BBD's webcast can accessed by clicking on the pics.
May 2007
Michel Merluzeau co-hosted an Aviation Today Webinar with Teal Group's
Richard Aboulafia about the forthcoming Paris Airshow on May 24. Archive can
be found here
March 2007
Michel Merluzeau,
Principal Analyst for Commercial Aerospace commented recently about the
first North American Visit of the new Airbus A380 in an interview with
Argent's anchor George Pothier Interview
Highlights:
" We will have to wait probably another five years at least, before we see
the A380 possibly entering service with a US carrier, and there are may be
at most 2 airlines potentially candidate"
"This aircraft, although a significant technological achievement, is not
adapted to US carriers needs " "Airports like San Francisco and Los Angeles
are competing for the lucrative Asian routes, and the A380 is part of that
story"
The full interview is available from Argent
by clicking on the image below
Comments from Michel Merluzeau about the ANA Q400 incident at Kochi airport
in Japan
February 2007
Michel Merluzeau
February 6
webinar about new commercial aircraft market opportunities