Nov. 29, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: When it comes to the prospect of imposing trade sanctions or retaliatory tariffs on Airbus for airplanes ordered by US customers, the European manufacturer has some advantages over Boeing few people apparently have… Read More
Top 10 Leeham News stories of 2016
Dec. 15, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The story about a Boeing official who asserted that the Airbus widebody strategy is a “mess” proved to be LNC’s most read story of 2016. Our second most-read story is why the… Read More
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Posted on December 15, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Leeham News and Comment, MOM
737-7, 747, 777-10, 777X, 787, A320, A350-1000, A350-2000, A350-800, A350-900, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CS300, Dennis Muilenburg, Jim McNerney, Kevin McAllister, Leeham News, Middle of the Market
Comparing A350s, 787s and A380s
Editor’s note: We don’t typically do “trip reports;” this isn’t the scope of LNC. But occasionally one crosses our desk that we find of interest. One of our readers, William Bain, provided the following to us and we thought… Read More
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Posted on December 9, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Qatar Airways
787, A350, A380, Airbus, airlines, Akbar Al-Baker, ANA, Boeing, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, William Bain
Norwegian, others have vision; US airlines don’t
Subscription Required Introduction Dec. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co. Last weeks’ approval by the US Department of Transportation of a license for Norwegian Air Shuttle to operate long-haul, low-cost service to and from the US drew immediate fire… Read More
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Posted on December 5, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Emirates Airlines, Leeham News and Comment, Premium, United Airlines
737-8, 737-800, 737-9, 737-900ER, 767, 787, A321LR, A321NEO, A330, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Icelandair, Laker Airways, Loftleider, SkyTrain, United Airlines
Pontifications: Making sense of WTO Boeing subsidy case
Dec. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Far be it from me to say, I told you so. But I did. When Washington State extended the Boeing 787 tax breaks in November 2013 to the 777X through 2040, I… Read More
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Posted on December 5, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
777X, 787, Airbus, Boeing, World Trade Organization, WTO
For Airbus and Boeing, it’s about Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
Nov. 29, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: When it comes to the prospect of imposing trade sanctions or retaliatory tariffs on Airbus for airplanes ordered by US customers, the European manufacturer has some advantages over Boeing few people apparently have… Read More
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Posted on November 29, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
787, A320, A330, A350, Airbus, Alabama, Boeing, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, World Trade Organization, WTO
Pontifications: Leahy’s retirement from Airbus
Nov. 14, 2016, © Leeham Co.: News emerged last week that Airbus super-salesman John Leahy has a new deputy, Kiran Rao. A new title for Rao wasn’t revealed in the Bloomberg story. He currently is EVP-Strategy and Marketing,… Read More
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Posted on November 14, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
737, 787, A320NEO, A330, A330neo, A340, A350, A380, Airbus, Boeing, John Leahy, Kiran Rao
Boeing sees wide-body market recovery from 2020
Subscription Required Introduction Nov. 3, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing may have solved its pressing problem of largely filling the production gap for the 747-8, but there is still a long way to go for the Boeing 777X…. Read More
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Posted on November 3, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing, Premium
737 MAX, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg
Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 1
October 28, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Before we go into the details on the innards of airliner turbofans, we will look at some basics. We do that so that everyone is on the same page. A turbofan engine generates… Read More
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Posted on October 28, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, GE Aviation
787, A350, Airbus, Boeing, GEnx-1B
Boeing beats estimates on one-time gains
Oct. 26, 2016: Boeing Co. beat analyst estimates on one-time gains but also reported that it raised earnings guidance for the full year. The press release with full details is here. Revenues were down 2% year-over-year to $72.1bn…. Read More
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Posted on October 26, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing
737 MAX, 747-8F, 777 Classic, 787, Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, Greg Smith
Pontifications: Rockwell buying B/E Aerospace: getting out while the getting is good?
Oct. 24, 2016, © Leeham Co.: An announcement Sunday by supplier Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL) that it will acquire B/E Aerospace (NYSE: BEAV) for $6.5bn caught analysts by surprise. The price tag rises to $8.3bn when assumption of BEAV’s… Read More
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Posted on October 24, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, B/E Aerospace, Boeing, Pontifications, Rockwell Collins
787, A350, Airbus, BE Aerospace, Boeing, Rockwell Collins, Zodiac
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