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Airbus on orders this year: You ain’t seen nothing yet

June 15, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co. Boeing predicts 1:1 book:bill (orders to deliveries) this year. For Airbus, you ain’t seen nothing yet. And it’s not even super-salesman, super-optimist John Leahy doing the talking. Kiran Rao,… Read More

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 Posted on June 15, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Paris Air Show

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Airbus COO faces production challenge vs bulging order book

Subscription required. Now open to all Readers. Introduction June 15, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co. Airbus, like Boeing, is faced with an embarrassment of riches: too many orders for the A320 and A350 production rates that… Read More

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 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Sukhoi

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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

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney

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Airbus A350 cockpit compared to A320/A330.

By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction June 1, 2015, c. Leeham Co. In preparing for my A350 flight I learned how to interact with the aircraft’s systems in Airbus A320/A330 simulators. These two are very similar and represent the first… Read More

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 Posted on June 1, 2015 by

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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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 Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi

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Bjorn’s Corner: Airbus Innovation days, activities and program updates.

Introduction 28 May 2015, C. Leeham Co: I am in Toulouse today attending Airbus Innovation days for Leeham News. It has been a good day’s briefings and I have presented what was perhaps the biggest change since we… Read More

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 Posted on May 28, 2015 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, CFM, Delta Air Lines, Future aircraft, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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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

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer

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Flying the Airbus A350

By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction May 25, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Friday we showed our little video from our test flight of Airbus A350 at end of April. Now it is time to describe the impressions during the flight… Read More

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 Posted on May 26, 2015 by

 Airbus, Embraer

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Open Letter to Members of Congress on ExIm

To Members of the US Congress: There will be a vote soon on whether to reauthorize the US ExIm Bank. You should do so. Arguments by some that this is a form of corporate welfare are unfounded. Suggestions… Read More

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 Posted on May 20, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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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

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Premium

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