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Prices set for years, Boeing cost-cutting goes straight to bottom line
April 12, 2016: Prices for Boeing and Airbus planes are set through the remaining decade, meaning any cost-cutting being pursued by Boeing will flow straight to the bottom line, a new note issued yesterday from Bernstein Research concludes…. Read More
Boeing has lost neo/MAX battle; time to refocus goals
Subscription Required Introduction April 4, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing should forget about competing with Airbus for market share. The Airbus A320neo. Airbus has won the single-aisle battle between the neo and Boeing 737 MAX. Boeing needs to… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing’s 8,000 employee reduction isn’t nearly enough
April 4, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing’s plans to reduce head count at Boeing Commercial Airplanes by 8,000 jobs this year dominated the news last week. Comparing employment figures with Airbus Commercial shows this reduction isn’t nearly enough. BCA… Read More
Middle of the Market or Mirage of the Market: Boeing’s lose-lose situation
March 30, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing is unlikely to develop a Middle of the Market airplane for a sector that could be a “mirage,” write two aerospace analysts. Buckingham Research, in a note issued yesterday, did a… Read More
Pontifications: Airbus’ new edginess
March 14, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Airbus is presenting a new edginess in the long-running war of words with Boeing, adopting a tactic Boeing has used for years to make its case. The European manufacturer has never been… Read More
MOMentum appears to be slowing for new Boeing airplane
Subscription required Introduction Model design and paint by Camil Valiquette. Photo via Google. March 10, 2016, © Leeham Co.: MOMentum for the Middle of the Market aircraft seems to be slowing from last year, as potential buyers and… Read More
Pontifications: There are numbers, and there are numbers
March 7, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The public relations battle between Airbus and Boeing was on full display at the annual conference last week of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) in Phoenix (AZ). As usual,… Read More
Cost cuts remains priority, challenge at Boeing
Subscription required. Introduction Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO of The Boeing Co., from July 1. Photo via Google images. June 29, 2015, © Leeham Co. Cost control is going to be one of the top priorities of Dennis… Read More
Top 10 Stories in 2015
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: Unless there is major, breaking news, Leeham News and Comment is taking the Christmas-New Year’s holidays off. We resume our normal publishing scheduled Jan. 4, 2016. So what do we have? Mitsubishi holding an MRJ briefing… Read More
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Posted on December 23, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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