There are many topics on which to comment, n one of which requiring a full Pontification, so today’s column is going to be a bit of a free association. August 10, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. Government interference: While… Read More
Posted on August 10, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. July 22, 2015 © Leeham Co. We will now finish our series around Singapore Airlines (SQ) need for an Ultra Long Haul (ULH) airliner by looking at what would be the technology and performance… Read More
Posted on July 27, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
July 6, 2015, © Leeham Co. The US ExIm Bank authorization expired last week. As readers know, I’m a strong advocate of renewal of the authorization. Boeing, and other companies, hope reauthorization can be achieved this month. I won’t… Read More
Posted on July 6, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
June 29, 2015, © Leeham Co. Back on June 1, I wrote in this column I had yet to experience traveling on the Airbus A380, which entered service in 2007. The A380 doesn’t serve Seattle, where I live, and… Read More
Posted on June 29, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Qatar Airways, United Airlines
737, 747-8, A319, A320, A350, A380, Air France, Airbus, Akbar Al-Baker, American Airlines, BE Aerospace, Boeing, Boeing Sky Interior, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa Airlines, Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways, Recaro, United Airlines
Our interview during the Paris Air Show with Tom Williams, president and COO of Airbus Commercial, is now open to all Readers. Williams discussions production, supply chain issues, launch aid for the potential A380neo and more. June 22,… Read More
Posted on June 22, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, Farnborough Air Show, GE Aviation, MOM, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce
747-8F, 757, 757 replacement, 767-200ER, 777 Classic, 777F, 777X, 787-10, A300, A350-900, Airbus, Boeing, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airline, EVA Airlines, Farnborough Air Show, IATA, John Leahy, Middle of the Market, MOM, Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways, Seattle Times, Tim Clark
June 17, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co. With focus, as always, on Airbus and Boeing, and an airplane that neither exists nor is about to any time in the near-term (the Middle of the Market aircraft),… Read More
Posted on June 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction June 16, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co: On the second day of the Paris Air show we visited several Boeing briefings. The first was Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) update with BCA President… Read More
Posted on June 17, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
June 15, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co. Boeing predicts 1:1 book:bill (orders to deliveries) this year. For Airbus, you ain’t seen nothing yet. And it’s not even super-salesman, super-optimist John Leahy doing the talking. Kiran Rao,… Read More
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Paris Air Show
737-9, 737-900ER, 757, 757 replacement, 777X, 787, A320, A321LR, A350, Air Lease Corp., Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Fabrice Bregier, John Leahy, John Wojick, Kiran Rao, Middle of the Market, Middle of the Market aircraft, MOM, Paris Air Show, Randy Tinseth, Steven Udvar-Hazy
MOM airplane doesn’t make sense. A new MOM should have new technology and it’s not available until 2030. June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Cost improvements for the A380 will be limited for now to increasing seating capacity,… Read More
Posted on June 9, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Competition between Airbus and Boeing remains wide open between the A350-900 and the 787-10, says the president of Emirates Airline despite an Internet report that the carrier has tilted toward Boeing. “No,… Read More
Posted on June 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton