ANALYSIS: Garuda Indonesia’s Fall From Grace
There is usually no single cause for an air crash, but rather it is a combination of different contributing factors, built up over time, that leads to disaster. Garuda Indonesia today is a corporate disaster but – like in the…
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Indonesia to support investigation into alleged bribery in Garuda-Bombardier aircraft deal https://jakartaglobe.id/business/indonesia-pledges-support-to-uks-investigation-of-alleged-bribery-in-garudabombardier-deal Indonesia’s State-Owned Enterprises Ministry says it will support the UK government’s investigation into a bribery case involving Garuda Indonesia’s Bombardier CRJ1000 order in 2012. The national carrier ordered…
MHI Pauses Most SpaceJet Programme Activities
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is pausing the majority of its SpaceJet programme given the aircraft’s development status and its weak projections for the aerospace industry. Pausing the programme covers most SpaceJet activities, except for documentation of its type certification process,…
Japan’s MHI Completing Acquisition of CRJ Programme
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is completing its acquisition of Bombardier’s Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) programme on 1 June, with both sides agreeing that all transaction conditions have been met. The 1 June acquisition deal comprises “the maintenance, support, refurbishment, marketing,…
Garuda Phasing Out CRJ1000s
Garuda Indonesia is actively seeking buyers for its fleet of Bombardier CRJ1000 aircraft. A senior executive at the airline, who wishes to remain anonymous, says the airline is speaking to airlines in the US to see if they would be…
Analysis: Buying The CRJ Program Fails To Solve Mitsubishi’s Problem
Bombardier’s decision to exit the commercial aircraft business by selling the CRJ program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, leaves the regional jet market open now to three main players: Boeing-Embraer with the E-Jet E2, Airbus with the A220 and Mitsubishi with…
