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Spies and industrial spying

By Scott Hamilton March 27, 2018, © Leeham News, Bainbridge Island (WA): The unexpected US order to close the Russian Consulate in Seattle this week set off a media frenzy in this city because two reasons cited were… Read More

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 Posted on March 27, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi

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Supply chain stress, number of variants challenge 737 production rate hike

March 27, 2018, © Leeham News: Current production rates and complexity in the transition between the Boeing 737 NG and 737 MAX is straining the supply chain feeding Spirit Aerosystems, its CEO told a JP Morgan conference March… Read More

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 Airlines, Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems

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GE/CFM in “lockstep” with Boeing on NMA

March 22, 2018, © Leeham News: GE Aviation/CFM International are in “lockstep” with Boeing for development of an engine for the New Midrange Aircraft (NMA, or 797), the CEO of GE Aviation told a JP Morgan Aviation conference… Read More

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 Posted on March 22, 2018 by

 Airlines, Boeing, CFM, GE Aviation, Middle of the Market, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Production transformation key to Boeing NMA

March 20, 2018, © Leeham News: As Boeing builds the business case for the New Midrange Airplane (NMA, or 797), dozens of major factors come into play, along with the hundreds or thousands of smaller one. The market… Read More

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 Posted on March 20, 2018 by

 Airlines, Boeing, Middle of the Market, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA

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NMA focus needs to be on engines

Subscription Required Now open to all readers Introduction March 19, 2018, © Leeham Co.: As the market awaits a decision by Boeing whether to launch the New Midrange Aircraft (NMA, or 797), focus has been on the aircraft’s… Read More

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 Posted on March 19, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Middle of the Market, Mitsubishi, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Norwegian’s creative accounting

By Bjorn Fehrm March 07, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: In our February 14th article about Norwegian Air Shuttle’s operational losses, we used straightforward calculations to show the airline was losing around 2bn NOK or $300m in the fourth quarter,… Read More

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 Posted on March 7, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing

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Norwegian flies in thin air

By Bjorn Fehrm February 14, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) is in an aggressive expansion phase. The airline is setting up as many low-cost routes as possible across the Atlantic, to gain critical market share before… Read More

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 Posted on February 14, 2018 by

 Airfinance Journal, Airlines, Boeing

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Pontifications: Airbus easily leads narrow-body backlog, Boeing ahead in wide-bodies

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

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 Posted on February 5, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Irkut, Pontifications

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Bombardier Belfast operations are about more than C Series wings

Subscription Required Introduction  By Scott Hamilton  Jan. 29, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Belfast, Northern Ireland: These days, when mention of Bombardier’s production facility in Northern Ireland is mentioned, only one thought comes to mind: wings for the C… Read More

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 Posted on January 29, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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Airbus delivers record 718 aircraft amid strong sales

By Bjorn Fehrm  January 15, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus announced record 2017 airliner deliveries of 718 aircraft today. It was the 15th consecutive year of increased production, this time with 30 aircraft over 2016. Fabrice Bregier, the Chief Operating… Read More

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 Posted on January 15, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Emirates Airlines, Pratt & Whitney, Uncategorized

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