The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... Discussions with a number of other established global airlines are said to be progressing well.Richard Aboulafia, vice president at Teal Group, a Fairfax, Virginia-based consulting company, said: "There is strong potential with this step forward. If they go ahead, Lufthansa would be a great launch customer."The launch of the CSeries comes at a time when soaring fuel prices and worsening...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... straight off the edge of a waterfall, but I don't think it is that bad," said aerospace consultant Richard Aboulafia at the Teal Group.Industry sources say there will be new orders this year for jets including the Airbus A380 superjumbo, and a major deal from leasing giant ILFC , which could be good news for Boeing.Qatar Airways is expected to place an Airbus order and Abu Dhabi-based...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... "Only one in four GAO protests get upheld, and of those, very few get language like this," said Richard Aboulafia, a defense analyst with the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va. "This virtually guarantees a re-compete." The decision comes 10 days before Northrop was to break ground on its tanker factory in Mobile, Ala. In a statement, spokesman Randy Belote said the company "respects the GAO's...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... biggest passenger plane, it would be a major blow to Boeing."It would be significant," said Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group, an industry consulting firm in Fairfax, Va. "It would hardly expand the A380's niche market. But for Boeing, losing its dominance of the Japanese widebody market would hurt."This week, All Nippon Airways announced it has formed a "new aircraft selection...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
... said Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, a research group based in Arlington, Va.Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group also said politics played a role in the Air Force picking Northrop and EADS.McCain sent two letters in 2006 urging the Defense Department to make sure that the bidding proposals guaranteed competition between Boeing and Airbus. Months later, Airbus' parent company...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
... "do everything we can to rapidly move forward so America receives this urgently needed capability".Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace expert at the Teal Group, said there was no chance the air force would reject the recommendation given the tough language in the GAO report, which he said provided a "flamethrower" to Boeing's political allies.Mr Aboulafia said while the GAO decision...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
EADS suffered a heavy blow when US congressional investigators urged the US Air Force yesterday to reopen a $35bn (£18bn) refuelling tanker deal that the European...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
When the US Air Force this year gave EADS, the European defence company, a $35bn contract to supply the military with refuelling tankers, the unexpected decision prompted one defence industry analyst to write a note to his clients that began “Dear Fellow Shock Victims”.Richard Aboulafia, the analyst at the Teal Group, pointed out that most analysts believed the air force would choose...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
... vowed to follow any recommendation. The air force did not respond immediately on Wednesday. Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace expert at the Teal Group, said there was no chance the air force would reject the recommendation given the tough language in the GAO report, which he said provided a “flame thrower” to Boeing’s political allies who had lambasted the air force decision to award...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
... "High-profile U.S. weapons buys in the Middle East aren't exactly the flavor of the moment," said Richard Aboulafia, analyst with aerospace research firm Teal Group. Although he noted that the U.A.E. and neighbors like Saudi Arabia were no strangers to European offerings like the European Aeronautic Defense and Space (other-otc: - - ) Eurofighter or Dassault's own Mirage, there was...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
An analyst with Teal Group in the Washington, D.C., area, Richard Aboulafia (ab-uh-LOFF'-ee-ah), told KOMO Radio he was surprised by the strong language used by the GAO. He says analysts expected the GAO might find only a few irregularities. Today's decision puts pressure on the Air Force to reopen the bidding.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
... the life cycle costs, such as fuel.An analyst with Teal Group in the Washington, D.C., area, Richard Aboulafia (ab-uh-LOFF'-ee-ah), told KOMO Radio he was surprised by the strong language used by the GAO. He says analysts expected the GAO might find only a few irregularities. Today's decision puts pressure on the Air Force to reopen the bidding.---Information from: KOMO-AM,
Forbes (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
... last, and maintenance procedures are in place. There's no connection between age and safety," says Richard Aboulafia, an airline analyst with the Teal Group. "The problem isn't safety, it's fuel." Older planes aren't as fuel efficient as the newest production models. This puts the airlines in a squeeze: The money to replace the older planes is not there, partially because of the extra...
