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Boeing’s Partnering for Success strains supplier relationship

Boeing officials reaffirmed the company’s drive for Partnership for Success, or PFS, during two appearances at conferences this month, adding that its supply chain was mostly on board, though some companies are now on a “no-fly list.” .CEO… Read More

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Posted on February 16, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists

777, 777X, 787, Airbus, Boeing, Goodrich, Héroux-Devtek, IAM 751, International Association of Machiniists, Pacifici Northwest Aerospace Alliance, Partnership for Success, PNAA, Richard Aboulafia, Stan Deal, Teal Group, United Technologies

Odds and Ends: 777X wing to Everett; Boeing discounts; A330, A380neos; A350 debugging; 787 bonuses; CSeries costs up $1bn

777X wing to Everett: Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times reports that Everett (WA) at Paine Field has been selected for the production site of the 777X wing. The plant will be adjacent the huge Boeing factory at… Read More

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Posted on February 16, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

777X, 777X wing production, 787, A330neo, A350, A380neo, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Geared Turbo Fan, Pratt & Whitney

Odds and Ends: A boost for the A330? Problems continue at Boeing Charleston

A boost for the A330? Aviation Week reports Airbus is offering China an A330 completion center in return for an order for 200 A330s. At the current production rate of 10/mo over the Airbus production year of 11… Read More

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Posted on February 4, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing

787, A330, Airbus, Boeing Charleston

Updating the A380: the prospect of a neo version and what’s involved

Recent headlines and this column report that Airbus is considering re-engining the popular A330 with GE Aviation GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-TEN power plants. A New Engine Option and other changes would improve the A330’s economy by an… Read More

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Posted on February 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

747-8, 777-300ER, 777-9, 777X, 787, A380, A380ceo, A380neo, Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, Geared Turbo Fan, GEnx, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Trent 1000-TEN, Trent XWB

Charleston plant continues to give Boeing headaches for 787

Boeing is adding hundreds of workers to its Charleston (SC) 787 plant top deal with continued quality problems, reports The Wall Street Journal. The details in the article are at odds with statements from Boeing throughout the last… Read More

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Posted on January 23, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Boeing, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists

787, Boeing, Boeing Charleston, Boeing Everett, IAM 751

Odds and Ends: CSeries EIS rescheduled, new deal announced; Airbus seeks unprecedented ETOPS rule

New CSeries EIS: Bombardier today announced a new delay in the entry-into-service of its CSeries, confirming what we reported Monday. BBD now says EIs will be in the “second half” of 2015, compared with the September 2014 planned… Read More

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Posted on January 16, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

777X, 787, A350, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

Looking ahead to 2014

Here’s what to look for in 2014 in commercial aviation. Airbus A350 XWB: The high-profile A350 XWB program continues flight testing this year. Entry-into-service has been a sliding target. The program is running about 18 months behind original… Read More

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Posted on January 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi, YAK

737 MAX, 747-8, 757, 767, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, A320NEO, A330, A330neo, A350, A380, A380RE, Airbus, ARJ21, Boeing, Bombardier, C919, CSeries, E-Jet, E-Jet E1, EJet E2, Embraer, GE Aviation, GEnx, Irkut, KC-46A, MC-21, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi MRJ, Q400, Rolls-Royce, SSJ100, Sukhoi, Superjet, Trent 1000-TEN, YAK, Yak-242

Outsourcing focus of Boeing report, but misses bigger picture; IAM vote aftermath; Boeing’s 2013

A long article (10 pages when printed) discusses the pitfalls Boeing had by outsourcing so much work on the 787. This much is not new. The point the article raises–transferring technology and the potential decline of US aerospace… Read More

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Posted on January 6, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, McDonnell Douglas

787, Airbus, ARJ-21, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, C919, CFM International, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, ERJ-145, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, Q400

2013 Year in Review: 787 grounding was the top story

We’re back from what we had planned as a holiday hiatus. This was interrupted by the IAM-Boeing 777X contract issue, of which we felt compelled to initiate some special posts. This leads off our 2013 Year in Review…. Read More

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Posted on December 31, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists

737 MAX, 777X, 787, A350 XWB, Airbus, All Nippon Airways, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airlines, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Japan Air Lines, Lufthansa Airlines, Qatar Airways

The deeper, longer term implications of IAM’s Boeing contract vote January 3

There are deeper, longer term implications for the January 3 vote by IAM 751 members on the revised contract proposal from Boeing than have been discussed in the public domain. Contract extension to 2024 brings “labor peace,” but… Read More

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Posted on December 30, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Comac, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Irkut, YAK

737 MAX, 737 replacement, 737-9, 737-900ER, 757, 757 replacement, 777 site selection, 777X, 787, A321ceo, A321NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Boeing Charleston, Boeing Everett, Boeing Renton, C919, Comac, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Irkut, MC-21, Yak-242, Yakolev

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Boeing’s Partnering for Success strains supplier relationship

Odds and Ends: 777X wing to Everett; Boeing discounts; A330, A380neos; A350 debugging; 787 bonuses; CSeries costs up $1bn

Odds and Ends: A boost for the A330? Problems continue at Boeing Charleston

Updating the A380: the prospect of a neo version and what’s involved

Charleston plant continues to give Boeing headaches for 787

Odds and Ends: CSeries EIS rescheduled, new deal announced; Airbus seeks unprecedented ETOPS rule

Looking ahead to 2014

Outsourcing focus of Boeing report, but misses bigger picture; IAM vote aftermath; Boeing’s 2013

2013 Year in Review: 787 grounding was the top story

The deeper, longer term implications of IAM’s Boeing contract vote January 3

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