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Odds and Ends: From EADS’ Investors’ Day; Illinois and 777X; Air Canada; LOT gets $33m from Boeing

From EADS’ Investors Day 1: Airbus parent EADS is having two days worth of briefings for aerospace analysts. Here’s initial news coverage from Day 1: Reuters: EADS strategy stresses Airbus Reuters: EADS IDs new dividend policy, A350 target… Read More

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 Posted on December 11, 2013 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Bombardier, CSeries, EADS, Embraer

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Key events Dec. 10-12: Boeing, EADS, Air Canada

There are some key events to follow today through Thursday: December 10: The Requests for Proposals for the site selection of the 777X are due into Boeing today. Media will be trying to find details, but Boeing certainly… Read More

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 Posted on December 10, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

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Airbus, Boeing production backlogs stretch to late this decade, early next decade

Airbus and Boeing production backlogs stretch to late this decade and into the beginning of next decade for most of their commercial aircraft, based on today’s production rates. We previously wrote about the waning sales of the 777… Read More

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 Posted on December 2, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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The implications of the American-US Airways merger for OEMs

The agreement between American Airlines, US Airways, the US Department of Justice and the states suing to block the merger to settle their lawsuits clears the way for AA-US to merge. This has implications for the Big Four… Read More

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 Posted on November 12, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer

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Bombardier CSeries in focus

Bombardier’s CSeries is one of three new or derivative airliner to take to the skies, along with the Airbus A350-900 and the Boeing 787-9. But its flight test program is going at a pace far behind the Big… Read More

 8 Comments

 Posted on November 7, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: Looking toward the South; Lion Air updates CSeries interest; 787 fuel advantage

Looking toward the South: As a follow-up to our previous post, Implications of the IAM-Boeing talks on 777X, here is a commentary from The Wall Street Journal about the migration of US industry to the South, were unions… Read More

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 Posted on November 5, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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CFM LEAP accelerating in test program; Airbus and the A350-800

Aviation Week has a long, detailed story about the test program for the CFM LEAP engine, which is accelerating rapidly. In its 737 MAX program update yesterday, Boeing said the LEAP-1B has begun testing and it will benefit… Read More

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 Posted on October 30, 2013 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, US Airways, YAK

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Lion Air’s massive orders continue to raise doubts

The news that Asia’s Lion Air might be planning an order for the Bombardier CS300 energized the media and those that follow the OEM. If Lion Air follows through, this would be a major defection from Airbus and… Read More

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 Posted on October 24, 2013 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Is tide ready to turn for CSeries?

Is the tide ready to turn for the Bombardier CSeries? Following a nine month delay, the CS100 Flight Test Vehicle #1 took to the air September 16. It’s flown only twice since and has been undergoing ground vibration… Read More

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 Posted on October 21, 2013 by

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

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Frontier sold to Franke group; what of Republic CSeries order?

It had become one of the worst-kept secrets: Indigo Partners, the investment group managed by Bill Franke, former CEO of America West Airlines, has purchased Frontier Airlines from Republic Airways Holdings. Wall Street Journal article. Reuters article. Press… Read More

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 Posted on October 1, 2013 by

 AirInsight, Bombardier, CSeries, Frontier Airlines

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