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Boeing has lost neo/MAX battle; time to refocus goals
Subscription Required Introduction April 4, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing should forget about competing with Airbus for market share. The Airbus A320neo. Airbus has won the single-aisle battle between the neo and Boeing 737 MAX. Boeing needs to… Read More
IRKUT MC-21 analysis, Part 4. Performance with PD-14
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction March. 14, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In three articles we have been looking at the new Russian single aisle aircraft, Irkut MC-21, from United Aircraft and the new Russian engine that is being… Read More
MOMentum appears to be slowing for new Boeing airplane
Subscription required Introduction Model design and paint by Camil Valiquette. Photo via Google. March 10, 2016, © Leeham Co.: MOMentum for the Middle of the Market aircraft seems to be slowing from last year, as potential buyers and… Read More
Pontifications: There are numbers, and there are numbers
March 7, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The public relations battle between Airbus and Boeing was on full display at the annual conference last week of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) in Phoenix (AZ). As usual,… Read More
Airbus Group 2015 results: A330 increase to seven per month
By Bjorn Fehrm 24 February 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus will increase the production rate of the A330 from six per month to seven beginning next year, it was announced today. The move comes after reducing the rate… Read More
Airbus, Boeing cash, stock, dividend strategies similar
Feb. 16, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has been under pressure since its Jan. 27 earnings call, when its 2016 guidance fell short of analyst expectations. Then the news that the company is under preliminary investigation by the… Read More
Irkut MC-21, first analysis
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Feb. 08, 2016, © Leeham Co: We recently covered China’s COMAC C919 and now the time has come to the other new narrow body aircraft from the old Communist bloc, the Russian MC-21…. Read More
Airbus needs more vertical integration, says official
Subscription Required Introduction John Leahy, chief operating officer-customers. Airbus photo. March 3, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Airbus may well have avoided the supplier-driven delivery delays on its A350s had the company brought some key work in-house and become… Read More
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Posted on March 3, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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