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Leahy gets lifetime achievement award; CSeries could be delayed again

March 23, 2015: John Leahy, Aviation Week Lifetime Achievement Award: John Leahy, the chief operating officer-commercial for Airbus, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Aviation Week. It’s a well-deserved award. As the AvWeek write up details, Leahy has… Read More

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 Posted on March 23, 2015 by

 AirAsia, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries

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Pontifications: Alaska Air vs Sea-Tac Airport

Alaska Air vs Sea-Tac Airport: As if Alaska Airlines doesn’t have enough to do fending off Delta Air Lines, the Port of Seattle, owner of the Sea-Tac International Airport, wants to build a new International Arrival Facility (IAF)… Read More

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 Posted on March 23, 2015 by

 Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines

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Challenges working against 777 Classic production goal

Subscription Required Introduction March 22, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: The aerospace analyst team at Wells Fargo last Thursday predicted a production rate cut for the Boeing 777 Classic despite continued statements by Boeing it will maintain production at… Read More

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 Posted on March 22, 2015 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, ISTAT, Premium

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Bombardier sees solid future for CRJ

March 20, 2015: C. Leeham Co. Bombardier’s current challenges don’t end with the CSeries. The company has seen its once-dominate positions in the regional jet and turbo prop markets decline precipitously. The CRJ struggles in its sales against… Read More

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 Posted on March 20, 2015 by

 Bombardier, Embraer, ISTAT, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi

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Bjorn’s Corner: Intro, LCC long range and CFM’s LEAP

March 19, 2015: This is the first version of my Corner where I will comment on the aeronautical world as I see it. It will be a mix of tech things (I am an engineer) and my view… Read More

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 Posted on March 20, 2015 by

 Airbus, Aspire Aviation, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, GE Aviation, MTU, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Bombardier changing the message on the Q400 to emphasize flexbility

March 19, 2015: C. Leeham Co. Bombardier’s current challenges don’t end with the CSeries. The company has seen its once-dominate positions in the regional jet and turbo prop markets decline precipitously. The CRJ struggles in its sales against… Read More

 19 Comments

 Posted on March 19, 2015 by

 ATR, Bombardier, ISTAT

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Redefining the 757 replacement: Requirement for the 225/5000 Sector, Part 6.

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 18 March 2015, c. Leeham Co: In Part 1 of of this series we investigated the market sector 225/5000, which is our name for the market segment beyond the capacity of single aisles… Read More

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 Posted on March 18, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, EADS, Future aircraft, Premium

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Rebuilding confidence at Bombardier

Subscription Required This week the Malay government announced an order for 20 CSeries CS100s. for a new airline. Introduction March 17, 2015: c. Leeham Co. Turmoil at Bombardier, both financial and with the departure of several key personnel,… Read More

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 Posted on March 17, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, ISTAT, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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Pontifications: USA to the World: “We want to fly everywhere. Period.”

Two of the Big 3 Middle Eastern carriers launched a PR counter offensive in Washington DC today. Below are my thoughts. I haven’t weighed in on the current battle between the Big 3 US airlines and the Big… Read More

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 Posted on March 17, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines

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Leahy on 737-8ERX and the prospect of an “A322”

March 16, 2015 737-8ERX: John Leahy, chief operating officer-customers at Airbus, not surprisingly doesn’t think much of the concept Boeing is showing airlines, the 737-8ERX. “Boeing is getting more and more desperate,” Leahy claimed in a telephone interview… Read More

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 Posted on March 16, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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