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Can Airbus improve the A321neo?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction August 03, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The Airbus A321 has been in its own single aisle league for capacity and with the A321LR for capacity and range. With Boeing’s launch of the… Read More
Airbus group 2Q results: Engine deliveries decides 2017 results.
By Bjorn Fehrm July 27, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus Group presented its 2Q2017 results this morning. The result for the first half and the full year of 2017 is decided by A320neo engine deliveries. Out of a planned… Read More
Is Norwegian in trouble? Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm July 19, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Last week we raised the question if Norwegian Air Shuttle was in trouble. The CFO, Frode Foss, left a few days earlier. Analysts were worried and the stock dived… Read More
Is Norwegian in trouble?
By Bjorn Fehrm July 11, 2017, © Leeham Co.: In our review of Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) the 8 of February, we pointed out the company’s ambitious fleet expansion plans with a rather weak balance sheet. We followed… Read More
MC-21 and C919 compared. Part 3.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction June 15, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We continued the comparison of Irkut’s MC-21 and COMAC’s C919 last week with an analysis of the cabins and systems. The week before, we compared project time… Read More
MC-21 and C919 compared
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Note: With the first flight of the Irkut MC-21 in the weekend, we move the Qantas Ultra Long Haul article Part 2 to a later date. Introduction June 01, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Irkut’s… Read More
ISTAT Asia 2017: The fight for the lead
By Bjorn Fehrm May 11, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus and Boeing had their customary presentation match at the second day of the ISTAT (International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading) conference in Hong Kong. Each OEM stuck to a… Read More
Turkish Airlines, 2016 a difficult year
By Bjorn Fehrm May 03, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Turkish Airlines had its first growth setback in modern times last year. The attempted state coup in Turkey in June hit passenger confidence and thereby its international traffic. After the… Read More