Feb. 12, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The Singapore Air Show last week produced little in the way of new orders from the Big Four airframe OEMs. ATR announced a few deals and Embraer announced a letter of intent… Read More
Posted on February 12, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction February 12, 2018, © Leeham Co.: In the fourth article about the Chinese/Russian wide-body, CR929, we analyzed the engine selection for the aircraft. Now we continue with a first performance analysis of… Read More
Posted on February 12, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
February 9, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: In the last Corner, we discussed some further aspects of supersonic flow. Now it’s time to talk about the drag created by supersonic flow on an aircraft. We will start with the full… Read More
Posted on February 9, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 8, 2018, Leeham Co.: Boeing hasn’t launched the New Midrange Aircraft (NMA, aka 797) and may not until next year. But the maneuvering to capture, solidify or preempt moves is already well underway by… Read More
Posted on February 8, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Middle of the Market, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, United Airlines
757, 767, 787, 787-10, 787-8, 787-9, A321LR, A321NEO, A330-800, A330-neo, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Middle of Market airplane, MOM, New Midrange Aircraft, NMA, United Airlines
By Bjorn Fehrm February 7, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: The President of Sukhoi Civil AirCraft (SCAC), Alexander Rubtsov (who is also the Sales and Marketing Manager of the civil aircraft division of Russia’s United Aircraft, UAC), told Flight Global at… Read More
Posted on February 7, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 5, 2018, © Leeham Co.: This will be an important year for wide-body sales in commercial aviation. It would be overstating to say 2018 will be a pivotal year for wide-body airplanes, but there… Read More
Posted on February 5, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Feb. 5, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Two thousand seventeen is over and the numbers are in. Airbus continues to have a commanding lead over Boeing for single-aisle, neo v MAX backlog. Although Airbus got pounded by Boeing in… Read More
Posted on February 5, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Irkut, Pontifications
737 MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CS100, CS300, E190 E2, E195 E2, Embraer, Irkut
Feb. 2, 2018, © Leeham Co.: It was 15 years ago yesterday that the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas and Louisiana as it reentered Earth’s atmosphere following a mission. At a time when the Federal Bureau… Read More
Posted on February 2, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
February 2, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: In the last Corner, we discussed the basics of supersonic flow, to prepare for a supersonic and transonic drag discussion. We will continue the supersonic aerodynamics discussion, however, as there are some further… Read More
Posted on February 2, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction February 1, 2018, © Leeham Co.: In the third article about the Chinese/Russian widebody, CR929, we looked at the challenges the aircraft poses to the involved manufacturers. Now we continue with analyzing… Read More
Posted on February 1, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm