Leeham News and Analysis
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Flightblogger on 737RE, Aeroturbopower on A320 v 737-800
Two very interesting posts came up today. The first is from Aeroturbopower, a blog that concentrates on engines and engine-related stuff. In today’s post, Aeroturbopower has a very interesting analysis on fuel burn on the Airbus A320 vs… Read More
Boeing comments on the 737RE
As the aviation world waits for Boeing to define the 737RE, it might be worth taking a close look at the July 27 earnings call discussion relating to the airplane, apart from the topic of where the aircraft… Read More
Aviation Week has new twist on American Airlines Airbus-Boeing deal
Aviation Week has a story on the Airbus-Boeing deal–and says it isn’t really a firm order, likening it to the Boeing 787 of a few years ago.
Analysts view the Re-Engine competition
We were traveling last week and are only now getting around to going through the analyst reports we receive, commenting on the American Airlines order. We put together a long synopsis after the jump. Meanwhile, there are a… Read More
American press conference on huge order
Running comments from the American Airlines press conference: Tom Horton Today is a transformational day for American. American’s order presentation, 19 page PDF: AMR Aircraft With this plan we are jumping to the front of the line and… Read More
Countdown at American for huge order
American Airlines is believed ready to decide on replacing as many as 250 narrow-bodies in its fleet as early as this week. The Wall Street Journal published this report Sunday outlining the stakes. We suggested recently that AA… Read More
Airbus will consider A320 production higher than 44/mo: Enders
Here’s a story we did from the Paris Air Show for Commercial Aviation Online. Date: 30/06/2011 11:43 Source: Commercial Aviation Online Location: Paris By: Scott Hamilton Airbus and Boeing are boosting production of their bread-and-butter single-aisle aircraft, the… Read More
Airbus parent skeptical of composites for A320 class airplane
Paris Air Show: The chief technology officer for Airbus parent EADS is skeptical of composites for the A320 class of airplane while Boeing considers the material to be the “baseline preference” for what officials call the New Small… Read More