Aug. 3, 2015, © Leeham Co. Mitsubishi is just a few months away from beginning flight testing on the first commercial airplane designed and built in Japan since the NAMC YS-11 in the 1960s. The 60 passenger turbo prop had… Read More
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing, Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications
747, 747-8, 787, All Nippon Airways, Boeing, Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ-1000, CRJ-900, E-Jet, E-Jet 175, E-Jet 175 E2, E-Jet E2, Embraer, ExIm Bank, GE, Japan Air Lines, Jim McNerney, Mitsubishi, MRJ, MRJ-70, MRJ-90, SkyWest Airlines, Trans States Airlines
July 30, 2015: Scott Fancher, regarded as the person to come in and take over troubled programs at Boeing, has been named to take over the KC-46A program. Fancher originally came to Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the Boeing… Read More
Posted on July 30, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
July 29, 2015: Triumph Group reported lower FY1Q2016 earnings below analyst expectations, citing in part decreased production of the commercial Airbus A330 program as well as lower production of the Gulfstream G450/550 and Boeing C-17 and 747-8 airplanes…. Read More
Posted on July 29, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription required. Introduction July 28, 2015: © Leeham Co. Trying to decipher what the airframe Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are going to do is a sporty game that is often analogous to Kremlin watching, especially when it comes to… Read More
Posted on July 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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
Posted on July 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription required. Introduction July 9, 2015, © Leeham Co. At the half way point of 2015, there are a number of signs emerging that require some interpretation. Some are signs of caution. Others are Go Slow. Summary China’s… Read More
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
June 29, 2015, © Leeham Co. Back on June 1, I wrote in this column I had yet to experience traveling on the Airbus A380, which entered service in 2007. The A380 doesn’t serve Seattle, where I live, and… Read More
Posted on June 29, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Qatar Airways, United Airlines
737, 747-8, A319, A320, A350, A380, Air France, Airbus, Akbar Al-Baker, American Airlines, BE Aerospace, Boeing, Boeing Sky Interior, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa Airlines, Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways, Recaro, United Airlines
MOM airplane doesn’t make sense. A new MOM should have new technology and it’s not available until 2030. June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Cost improvements for the A380 will be limited for now to increasing seating capacity,… Read More
Posted on June 9, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
June 1, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The Paris Air Show begins in two weeks. One thing that won’t happen is the launch of the Airbus A380neo. We still think it will happen, though at a later date. Re-engining… Read More
Posted on June 1, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Douglas Aircraft Co, Emirates Airlines, GE Aviation, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce
737 Classic, 737 MAX, 737 NG, 747-500, 747-600, 747-8, 747X, A320NEO, A330neo, A380, A380neo, Airbus, Boeing, Bristol, Britannia, Constellation, Convair, CV-240, CV-340, CV-440, CV-540, CV-580, CV600, CV640, DC-7, DC-7D, DC-7T, DC-8-61, DC-8-71, Douglas Aircraft Co., L-1449, L-1549, Lockheed