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Bjorn’s Corner: What did we learn in 2015?

08 January 2016, ©. Leeham Co: It’s the first Corner for the year and a look at 2015 as a year of technology advancements is due. 2015 will be remembered as the year when three clean sheet airliners… Read More

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 Posted on January 8, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, United Aircraft

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New aircraft programs’ sorry record of delay

Subscription Required. Jan. 7, 2016, (c) Leeham Co. New aircraft programs used to be on time and a source of pride for the Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs). No longer. Delays are the norm, and despite “lessons learned,” there… Read More

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 Posted on January 7, 2016 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Premium

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Airbus passes Boeing in wide-body passenger aircraft sales

Dec. 8, 2015, © Leeham Co. Airbus surpassed Boeing in wide-body passenger orders through November, data released yesterday by Airbus shows. Airbus released its November YTD order book yesterday. Boeing last week updated its weekly order tallies through… Read More

 139 Comments

 Posted on December 8, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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737 MAX to roll out to Boeing product strategy challenges

Subscription Required Introduction The Boeing 737-8 rolls out tomorrow to challenges to Boeing’s product strategy. Image via Google images. Dec. 7, 2015, © Leeham Co: Boeing rolls out its first 737 MAX tomorrow to no press fanfare. Today… Read More

 1 Comment

 Posted on December 7, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Comac, MOM, Premium

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Pontifications: Assessing the benefit of new airplanes in low oil pricing

Dec. 7, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Oil for West Texas Intermediate Crude closed Friday at $39.97. International Brent closed at $43.05. These figures continue to breathe life into used aircraft and raise questions about new orders. In recent… Read More

 18 Comments

 Posted on December 7, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Pontifications

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Bombardier looks to the future

By Bjorn Fehrm Nov. 25 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier (BBD) has not had an easy year. The stock plunged from just over $4 at the beginning of the year to a low of just over $1 today on… Read More

 3 Comments

 Posted on November 25, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney

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Europe’s airlines: LCC, the winning formula

By Bjorn Fehrm Nov. 18 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Easyjet revealed record numbers yesterday with pretax profits now at 14.6% of a year turnover of £4,686m. The load-factors for their aircraft are at a record 91.5% on a 12… Read More

 18 Comments

 Posted on November 18, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing

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No fear of C919 for a generation

Nov. 4, 2015, © Leeham Co. The first COMAC C919 was rolled out of the factory over the weekend, China’s mainline entry into the fiercely competitive arena now “owned” by the Airbus-Boeing duopoly. Although the two giants each has… Read More

 38 Comments

 Posted on November 4, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, China, Comac

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COMAC C919, first analysis

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Nov. 04, 2015, ©. Leeham Co: COMAC rolled out China’s first modern airliner Monday. We have commented on its place in the market in a sister article. Here we will do a first… Read More

 4 Comments

 Posted on November 4, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Premium

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Airbus Group 3Q results; Increase of A320 production to 60 a month

By Bjorn Fehrm Oct. 30, 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus Group announced its increase of the production rate for the best-selling A320 range to 60 a month in conjunction with its 3Q 2015 results. The rate increase shall be… Read More

 10 Comments

 Posted on October 30, 2015 by

 Airbus, EADS

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