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New value Guide: A look at A320, 737
Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The semi-annual update to The Guide, from appraiser Aviation Specialists of Herndon (VA), indicates Airbus and Boeing single-aisle aircraft remain hotly competitive in current market values and future residual… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Aeronautical greats
By Bjorn Fehrm September02, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: One of our aeronautical greats, Joe Sutter, left us this week. He’s one of the characters in aeronautics that I admire for his capability to find what is the right thing… Read More
Russian-Chinese wide-body: The aircraft, Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction September 01, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In Part 1, we concluded that the existing Il-96 fuselage cross section would be suitable for a new Russian-Chinese wide-body. This means that a lot of experience… Read More
Weekly analyst report: Boeing’s price freeze
Aug. 31, 2016: The dog days of August continue, with limited news and research notes from the Wall Street aerospace analysts. A few items of note from the past week: Boeing’s price list freeze for its 7-Series airplanes… Read More
Will United’s new president open door for Airbus?
Aug. 30, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Will Scott Kirby’s move from president of American Airlines to the same position at United Airlines lead to a major shift in fleet acquisition at the Chicago-based carrier? This is an intriguing… Read More
Pontifications: “Troubled” 787 is a thing of the past
LNC has been beset by technical issues since Aug. 17 that interferes with e-mail notification as well as links to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. We’re working on it with WordPress. Aug. 29, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Faulty engines… Read More
Trump or Clinton will be OK for defense industry: Analyst
Aug. 24, 2016: It’s a light week for relevant commentary from the US aerospace analysts. Buckingham Research takes a view on the election of either Trump or Clinton on the defense industry. India’s Jet Airways will defer 10… Read More
AvWeek obtains Boeing sales targets
Aug. 22, 2016, © Leeham Co.: It’s the kind of leak that drives a company crazy. Aviation Week obtained an internal Boeing sales target list that is well below a book:bill of 1:1 this year. The math shows… Read More
Russian-Chinese wide-body: background and outlook
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction August 21, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: The discussions around a joint Russian and Chinese development of a 250-300 seat wide-body has been going on for years. The project got a more concrete form… Read More