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- Safran hails ‘outstanding’ 2025; prepares for Airbus ramp-up
- Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 27. Where Speed-Up gets Tough.
- Spain becomes fourth country to join Aero Excellence initiative to improve supply chain
- BWB hopefuls: JetZero aims for MOM sector; Natilus raises $28m for heart of the market
- Recovery of the 737 program is unglamorous and arduous: Boeing exec
Bombardier ‘transformation initiative’ goes after costs across the enterprise, supply chain
June 8, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Bombardier suppliers, already squeezed by Airbus and Boeing to cut costs and prices, will soon face a new effort from Bombardier to do the same. The new chief executive officer, Alain Bellemare, last… Read More
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Posted on June 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney
737, 777, A319, A320, Airbus, Alain Bellemare, Boeing, Bombardier, CS100, CS300, CS500, CSeries, E-190, Embraer, Global 7000, Global 8000, Henri Coupron, IATA, International Air Transport Assn., John Leahy, Lear 85, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies
Open Letter to Members of Congress on ExIm
To Members of the US Congress: There will be a vote soon on whether to reauthorize the US ExIm Bank. You should do so. Arguments by some that this is a form of corporate welfare are unfounded. Suggestions… Read More
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Posted on May 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Boeing spin
May 18, 2015: Boeing has always been masterful with spinning its message, but the spin last week strains credibility with its explanation over how it will bridge the production gap for the 777 Classic into production of the… Read More
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Paris Air Show: Boeing
Subscription required. Second in a Series of Previews for the Paris Air Show. Introduction May 10, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Don’t expect Boeing to come away from the Paris Air Show next month with a ton of orders…. Read More
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Posted on May 10, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Paris Air Show Preview: Airbus
Subscription Required. Introduction May 3, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The Paris Air Show is June 15-19 for the trade/industrial portion. Beginning this week, Leeham News and Comment will provide our Market Assessment and insight about what to expect…. Read More
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Posted on May 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Engine Alliance, Farnborough Air Show, GE Aviation, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce
737, 757, 787-10, 787-9, A320NEO, A321LR, A330ceo, A330neo, A350, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show
Bjorn’s Corner: Airbus’ and Boeing’s first quarter
30 April 2015, C. Leeham Co: Airbus Group presented their first quarter results today Thursday, a week after Boeing presented theirs. It is a good occasion to look at how these companies performed. We will focus on commercial… Read More
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Posted on April 30, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
2030 decade airplanes need new shapes for better efficiency
Subscription Required. Now open to all readers. Introduction April 6, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The next 15 years may well be the last new airplane programs of major airliners that look like today’s tube-and-wing aircraft because demands for… Read More
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Posted on April 6, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airliner retirement age in the wake of low fuel prices
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 31, 2015: We have received an update for Avolon’s “Aircraft retirement and storage trends” whitepaper from September 2012. In the age of changing fuel prices it makes for interesting reading as the author, Avolon’s Head… Read More
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Posted on March 31, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Bombardier CS300 analysis vs A319neo, 737-7
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction March 29, 2015, c. Leeham Co: Bombardier’s big bet in the aeronautics sector, CSeries, is well into flight testing, now more than half way toward the 2,400 hours required by Transport Canada… Read More
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Posted on March 29, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embrarer, GE Aviation, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Sukhoi, United Aircraft, YAK
737, 737 MAX, 737-7, 737NG, A319neo, A320, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, E-195 E2, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GTF, LEAP-1A, Leap-1B, Pratt & Whitney
Production rates on single-aisles keep going up, up
Figure 1. Airbus and Boeing production rates for the A320 and 737 lines are going up as announced rates and rates under consideration go to lofty levels. Click on image to enlarge. Subscription Required Introduction March 3, 2015:… Read More
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