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Airbus’ A220 conundrum

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing face a challenge that is good news and bad news. The Airbus A220-300 is essentially an orphan. An “A220-500” is needed, but so is… Read More

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 Posted on October 20, 2025 by

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Embraer’s outlook improves as supply chain stabilizes, near-term availability drives demand

Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction  July 8, 2024, © Leeham News: Embraer is on track for a relatively upbeat Farnborough Airshow later this month, having been spared most of the supply chain headwinds plaguing Airbus and Boeing…. Read More

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 Posted on July 8, 2024 by

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The Airbus A220-500, a deep-dive analysis: The launch date challenge

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm and Vincent Valery Jan. 30, 2023, © Leeham News: In the previous articles, demand in the Airbus A320 family gradually shifted from the smaller A319 and A320 to the larger A321. This shift… Read More

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 Posted on January 30, 2023 by

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HOTR: Porter confirmed as customer in E195-E2 deal

By the Leeham News Team May 19, 2021, © Leeham News: Embraer got a big boost for its E-Jet E2 order book in April when it announced a firm deal for 30 E195 E2s. “On April 23, the… Read More

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 Posted on May 19, 2021 by

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The 717 and A220, Part 2: Operational economics comparison

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction   December 10, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we introduced the Boeing 717 and its closest replacement size-wise, the Airbus A220-100. Delta, a major 717 customer, is accelerating the replacement of the… Read More

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 Posted on December 10, 2020 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce

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Boeing’s Renton plant may close from 2033: Analysis

Subscription Required Now open to all Readers. Introduction Aug. 10, 2020, © Leeham News: With Boeing likely to consolidate 787 production in Charleston (SC), reflecting a rate of 6/mo, the future of assembly in Puget Sound rears its… Read More

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 Posted on August 10, 2020 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Embraer, Future Small Airplane, Middle of the Market, Mitsubishi, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA

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Airbus buys Bombardier’s share in A220,  now sole owner together with the Government of Quebec

By Bjorn Fehrm February 13, 2020, © Leeham News in Toulouse: The news this morning that Airbus is now the sole owner of the A220 (75%) together with the Government of Quebec (25%) is good news for the… Read More

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 Posted on February 13, 2020 by

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Air Canada inaugurates A220-300 service today

Jan. 16, 2020, © Leeham News: Air Canada inaugurates Airbus A220-300 service today, becoming the second North American carrier to operate the A220. Delta Air Lines was the first, with the A220-100 last year. It is the first… Read More

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 Posted on January 16, 2020 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines

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Embraer’s E195-E2 or Airbus A220-300 under 150 seats? Part 3

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction  October 3, 2019, ©. Leeham News: We have the last two weeks analyzed what aircraft to choose for the segment 120 to 150 seats, comparing Embraer’s E195-E2 with Airbus’ A220-300. The first… Read More

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 Posted on October 3, 2019 by

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Will the A220 drive the trans-Atlantic fragmentation to smaller jets? Part 2.

By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction August 15, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Airbus is increasing the Gross Weight of its A220 variants by 5,000lb from 2H2020. It is to increase the already long range of the aircraft according to Airbus…. Read More

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 Posted on August 15, 2019 by

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