Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
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Airbus makes it official: A320 FAL comes to Mobile
Via Airbus Via Mobile TV Station Farbrice Bregier, CEO Airbus: We operate state-of-the-art factory, will create jobs, invest and grow the economy here in Mobile. We are proud to call an American town ‘home.’ We have more than… Read More
Airbus and Mobile: Implications and analysis
Before getting to the meat of things, a couple of key stories: Mobile Press-Register, June 30. Details of the plan. Wall Street Journal: Boeing complains. It’s now one of the worst-kept industrial secrets: Airbus will announce at 10am… Read More
Boeing desperation: give it a rest, gents
This is really reaching. Is this really the best Boeing can do?
Odds and Ends: Airbus to Mobile; No “doubts” about A350
Airbus to Mobile: The New York Times reports that Airbus is gearing up to announce plans to build the A320 in Mobile (AL). We reported this prospect during our reporting from the Airbus Innovation Days last month. Bloomberg… Read More
A320 build rate, Alabama presents proposal to Airbus
Airbus won’t increase the production rate on the A320 family until introduction of the NEO and it’s now become public that Alabama has presented a proposal to Airbus for an assembly plant there. Airbus disclosed the plan to… Read More
Odds and Ends: Boeing market share; Airbus to Mobile, 777X v A350 and more
Boeing to gain market share: Richard Aboulafia, aerospace analyst for The Teal Group, forecast at the annual conference last week of the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance that Boeing will achieve a 56% market share in the coming years…. Read More