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737-7X, 737-10 studies illustrate Boeing weakness in single-aisle market

Subscription Required Introduction April 27, 2016 © Leeham Co.: News that Boeing plans to develop a “737-7.5” MAX, following on the prospect of a “737-10” stretch of the 737-9 illustrates just how weak its single aisle product strategy… Read More

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 Posted on April 27, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Leeham News and Comment, United Airlines

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Airbus deliveries first USA-made A321ceo, to JetBlue

April 25, 2016: The first Airbus A320 family aircraft assembled at the Airbus Mobile (AL) plant was delivered today to jetBlue. The A321ceo, which the airline named BluesMobile, is the first of 10 A321s now in production at the plant. Eight… Read More

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 Posted on April 25, 2016 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing

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Pontifications: Earnings week for Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer

April 25, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer having their first quarter earnings call this week. Bombardier also has its Annual General Meeting concurrent with its 1Q earnings on Friday. The big anticipation will be… Read More

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 Posted on April 25, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney

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Can Bombardier extend CS300 to a CS500? Part 3.

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction April 25, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now finish our series where we look into how big an undertaking a CS300 stretch to a 150 seater would be for Bombardier. The… Read More

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 Posted on April 25, 2016 by

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

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Fewer A350s in 2017-18, says Cowen & Co.; not so, says Airbus

April 21, 2016: Airbus will assemble fewer A350s than planned in 2017 and 2018, according to a short note to clients by the Cowen & Co. obtained by LNC. Not so, says Airbus. The investment bank was commenting on… Read More

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 Posted on April 21, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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Airbus, Boeing 1Q earnings ahead

April 20, 2016: Airbus and Boeing will report their first quarter earnings April 28 and 27 respectively. Year-to-date, Boeing is clobbering Airbus in orders and deliveries. It should be noted that last year, Boeing jumped to an early… Read More

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 Posted on April 20, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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Bombardier’s Delta deal looking good, but don’t celebrate yet

Subscription Required Introduction Air Baltic will be the first operator of the Bombardier CS300. Source: Bombardier. April 18, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier, if it didn’t dominate the news cycle in commercial aviation last week, must have come… Read More

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 Posted on April 18, 2016 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, Leeham News and Comment, Premium, United Airlines

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Pontifications: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and export credit support

April 18, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Export Credit for airliners was back in the news last week, with the US taking aim at the prospect of Canada’s agency supporting sales of the Bombardier C Series to the US… Read More

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 Posted on April 18, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, ExIm Bank, Pontifications

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Bjorn’s Corner: The role of a Flight Management System

  15 April 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In several of my Corners when describing flight control systems and autopilots for airliners, I have written about the aircraft’s Flight Management System (FMS) without actually describing its role completely. The… Read More

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 Posted on April 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing

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Can Bombardier extend CS300 to a CS500?

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction April 14, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier is working hard to get additional mainline airline customers for its C Series project. The latest discussion is whether Delta Air Lines would replace its… Read More

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 Posted on April 14, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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