Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 17, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): Tom Enders, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, is “confident” engine makers can accommodate single-aisle airplane production ramp-ups being considered by Airbus and Boeing. CFM makes… Read More
Airbus ‘confident’ engine makers can ramp up production
Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 17, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): Tom Enders, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, is “confident” engine makers can accommodate single-aisle airplane production ramp-ups being considered by Airbus and Boeing. CFM makes… Read More
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Posted on September 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Leeham News and Comment, Pratt & Whitney, Premium
737 MAX, A320NEO, A380, A400M, air force tanker, Airbus, Airbus Group, Boeing, CFM, Fabrice Bregier, John Leahy, KC-46A, KC-X, Pratt & Whitney, SkyMark, Tom Enders, Transaero, USAF, Virgin Atlantic Airways
New single aisles on home stretch
By Bjorn Fehrm 16 Sep 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing released pictures yesterday of the first 737 MAX 8 being on the Renton Final Assembly Line (FAL) having completed the wing-to-body joins. With the Airbus A320neo now flying again… Read More
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Posted on September 16, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney
737 MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney
Bjorn’s Corner: The seating dilemma
By Bjorn Fehrm 04 September 2015, © Leeham Co: One of the hottest areas of modern airline aviation is the passenger experience and especially the seating. There are people who are specialists on the subject like Runway Girl… Read More
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Posted on September 4, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
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737 MAX, 737NG
Boeing faces 737 production gap: analysis
Subscription Required. Introduction Sept. 2, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. Boeing faces a production gap for the 737, based on an analysis of the delivery streams of the 737NG and the 737 MAX. There’s a production gap for the… Read More
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Posted on September 2, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Premium
737, 737 MAX, 737NG, 747-8, 777 Classic, A319neo, A320NEO, A321NEO, Air Canada, Airbus, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, E-190, Emrbaer
Bjorn’s Corner: Sale/Leasebacks
21 August 2015, ©. Leeham Co: IndiGo Airlines firmed up Airbus’ largest aircraft sale by unit numbers in the week. The order is for 250 A320neos. This means the airline goes from 180 A320neos on order to 430…. Read More
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Posted on August 21, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
AirAsia, Airbus, Airlines, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Emirates Airlines
737 MAX, A320NEO, AirAsia, Airbus, Boeing, Emirates Airlines, Indigo, Norwegian
PW chief credited MRJ with ripple effect leading to CSeries, A320neo, 737 MAX and E-Jet E2
Aug. 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Conventional wisdom credits Bombardier’s CSeries with being the disruptor that prompted Airbus to launch the A320neo, which in turn caused Boeing to launch the 737 MAX and Embraer to launch its E-Jet E2…. Read More
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Posted on August 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney
737, 737 MAX, A320, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, David Hess, Embraer, Geared Turbo Fan, GTF, John Slattery, Mitsubishi, MRJ, Pratt & Whitney
Airbus’ and Boeing’s Payload/Range for Single Aisle
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Aug. 13 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Boeing this month changed the way it presents its aircraft in important areas like seating, weight and performance configurations, in short its “rule set.” After using a… Read More
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Posted on August 13, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
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737, 737 MAX, A320, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing
Mitigating risk, lessons learned as Boeing heads into MAX, 777X production
Aug. 12, 2015, © Leeham Co. Mitigating risk and taking lessons learned from across the entire 7-Series families are key to improving productivity, cutting costs and preparing for the transition from the 737NG to the MAX and from… Read More
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Posted on August 12, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
737 MAX, 737NG, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, Airbus, Boeing, Greg Smith, Jefferies Co
Boeing start applying “Standard Rules” to its and competitors’ aircraft.
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction 04 Aug 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has for the last 20 years used an internal set of rules called Integrated Airplane Configuration ruleset, or IAC for short, for how it describes its own… Read More
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Posted on August 5, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Mitsubishi, United Aircraft
737 MAX, 747-8, 777X, 787, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer
Pontifications: Boeing takes another charge on tanker program; What’s next?
July 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing on Friday took another charges against its USAF aerial refueling tanker program, the KC-46A, this time $536m after taxes ($855m before taxes). This brings the charges to date to more than $800m… Read More
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Posted on July 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
air force tanker, Boeing, Boeing KC-X tanker, Pontifications
737 MAX, 747-8, 777X, 787, air force tanker, Boeing, KC-46A, KC-X, P-8 Poseidon, Wedgetail
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