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Leeham News and Analysis
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Pontifications: 50% of something or 100% of nothing: something to consider at Bombardier
On Sunday, The Seattle Times had a long article about whether the Boeing 787 will ever record a profit. Leeham Co’s Bjorn Fehrm is quoted extensively. Oct. 19, 2015, © Leeham Co. Bombardier is dominating the aerospace news… Read More
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Posted on October 19, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s McNerney on 787 costs, obsoleting airplanes
July 8, 2015: Bloomberg News interviewed Jim McNerney, then-CEO of The Boeing Co., June 15 at the Paris Air Show. (McNerney relinquished his CEO title a week later to Dennis Muilenburg.) Although McNerney got it wrong on the… Read More
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Posted on July 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Passenger experience and the WOW factor
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
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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
Bombardier makes it official: CSeries exceeds advertised numbers
Ross Mitchell, VP of Business Acquisitions, Bombardier, discusses cabin modularity and flexibility for the CSeries at the 2015 Paris Air Show. June 14, 2015, Paris Air Show: Bombardier made it official today, the pre-event of the opening of… Read More
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Posted on June 14, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
737-7, 737-700, A319, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Colin Bole, CRJ, CS100, CS300, CS500, Fred Cromer, Q400, Ross Mitchell
MOM market depends on price, says Air Lease Corp
June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The Middle of the Market (MOM) airplane seems next up on the development plate. Air Lease Corp (ALC) is a major player in the development of any new airplane, and president John… Read More
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Posted on June 9, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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
Paris Air Show: Qatar and others
Subscription required. Introduction June 1, 2015, c. Leeham Co. It could be called the Qatar Airways Air Show. Qatar Airways plans to have five airliners on display at the Paris Air Show in two weeks: the Airbus A319,… Read More
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Posted on June 1, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi
787, A319, A320, A350, A380, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, CFM, Comac, Emirates Airlines, Engine Alliance, GE Engines, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce, Suhkoi, Tim Clark
Embraer ramps up smaller airplane messaging
May 28, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Embraer is ramping up is messaging that the E-Jet family provides a better Return on Capital Employed in many circumstance than the larger Airbus and Boeing single-aisle family. In a new push… Read More
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Posted on May 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Dissecting the United A319 deal: implications
Subscription required. Introduction May 19, 2015, c. Leeham Co. United Airlines and mega-lessor AerCap announced last week UAL will lease up to 25 Airbus A319s, with deliveries from 2016-2021. The aircraft are currently leased to China Southern Airlines…. Read More
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Posted on May 19, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Exclusive: CSeries performance better than guarantees, “favorable” to brochure; range better than advertised
March 3, 2015: c. Leeham Co. Flight test results for the Bombardier CSeries show that the economics of the airplane not only are meeting the economic and performance guarantees, they are “favorable” to the marketing brochures that have… Read More
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Posted on March 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton