Bombardier 3Q2016 earnings: revenue down, performance up

Nov. 10, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: Bombardier reported 3Q2016 and nine months results reflecting lower revenues as downsizing businesses and cost-cutting took effect. Revenues for the current quarter were $3.7bn vs $4.1bn. For the nine months, revenues were… Read More

Clouds overhang Bombardier ahead of earnings call

Subscription Required Introduction Nov. 9, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier reports its 3Q2016 and nine month earnings Thursday and as the year prepares to enter its last 45 days, disappointment hangs over the company and the stock. Summary… Read More

Flying the CSeries

By Bjorn Fehrm November 09, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: After my preparations at Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal, it was time to take an early flight to BBD’s test center in Wichita (KS) the next day. We spent the afternoon… Read More

Pontifications: A history-making year

Nov. 7, 2016, © Leeham Co.: This is a history-making year. Yes, there is Brexit. Sure, there is the first woman candidate of a major political party running for the presidency of the US. Yep, there is the… Read More

CSeries out of London City Airport

Subscription required. Introduction By Bjorn Fehrm November 07, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: When we visited Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal recently, we learned new information about how the CSeries would operate from London City Airport. This unique airport served 4.3m… Read More

Bjorn’s corner; Turbofan engine challenges; Part 2

November 04, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now start to go through a modern turbofan airliner engine and look at the technologies which are used and what are their technical challenges. We will start today with the engine… Read More

Boeing sees wide-body market recovery from 2020

Subscription Required Introduction Nov. 3, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing may have solved its pressing problem of largely filling the production gap for the 747-8, but there is still a long way to go for the Boeing 777X…. Read More

Preparing to fly the CSeries

By Bjorn Fehrm November 03, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We were invited to Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal last week for a series of special events. The visit had three purposes: attend the roll out of airBaltic’s CS300 (reported here),… Read More

Embraer 3Q2016 results: Stabilized situation

By Bjorn Fehrm 1 November  2016, ©. Leeham Co: Embraer reported slightly better than expected results for  3Q2016, with revenue up by 18% to $1,514m. Gross margin for the company is at a stable 19% (18% 3Q2015) and… Read More