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Worry over Boeing 737 production rate ramp up overblown

Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 27, 2016, © Leeham Co. As Airbus prepares to hike production rates of the A320 family to 60/mo by the end of the decade and Boeing mulls whether to boost 737 rates above the… Read More

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 Posted on January 27, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Premium

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Boeing Outlook: 777 rate cut, 737 hike (Update 2)

Due to technical problems with the webcast, Boeing ended the earnings call this morning before Q&A and rescheduled at 1pm EST. The original, short post is updated with the re-do of the earnings call. The PDF slide show… Read More

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 Posted on January 27, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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Pontifications: Shifting focus to Embraer

Jan. 25, 2016, © Leeham Co. Embraer announced last week it had cut metal on its first E195 E2, more than a month before the roll-out of the first E190 E2, scheduled for Feb. 25, at is Sao… Read More

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 Posted on January 25, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, United Airlines

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Bjorn’s Corner: The coin has two sides

22 January 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Today’s Corner should have been about something else. But we  learned yesterday that yet another order did not go Bombardier’s way, the 125 seat aircraft order of 40 units for United Airlines…. Read More

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 Posted on January 22, 2016 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, United Airlines

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Pontifications: A sea change at Boeing

Jan. 18, 2016, © Leeham Co. The surprise announcement last week of a tentative contract agreement between Boeing and its engineers union, SPEEA, was the best news coming out of the company that I’ve heard in years.

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 Posted on January 18, 2016 by

 air force tanker, Boeing, Pontifications

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Bjorn’s Corner: What did we learn in 2015; engines

15 January 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Last week we looked back on what happened in 2015 on the airframe front. We finish the retrospective by looking at what turbofan engine technology came to market in 2015. New engine… Read More

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 Posted on January 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, CFM, GE Aviation, International Aero Engines, MTU, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Dissection of Boeing’s 2015 order book

Jan. 12, 2016, © Leeham Co. Boeing announced its year-end 2015 orders tally, with 768 net orders and 878 gross orders. It is becoming increasingly clear the 737 MAX is essentially a one-aircraft family. As expected, 737NG orders… Read More

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 Posted on January 12, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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LNC’s annual production forecast for Airbus, Boeing

Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 11, 2016, © Leeham Co. Airbus and Boeing are headed for parity in monthly production rates by the end of this decade, a new forecast by Leeham Co. shows. In our annual production rate… Read More

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 Posted on January 11, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Leeham News and Comment, Premium

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Bjorn’s Corner: What did we learn in 2015?

08 January 2016, ©. Leeham Co: It’s the first Corner for the year and a look at 2015 as a year of technology advancements is due. 2015 will be remembered as the year when three clean sheet airliners… Read More

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 Posted on January 8, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, United Aircraft

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New aircraft programs’ sorry record of delay

Subscription Required. Jan. 7, 2016, (c) Leeham Co. New aircraft programs used to be on time and a source of pride for the Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs). No longer. Delays are the norm, and despite “lessons learned,” there… Read More

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 Posted on January 7, 2016 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Premium

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