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Emirates’ 615 seat A380, is it more economical?

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Nov. 11, 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Emirates Airline showed off its newly delivered two class A380 at this week’s Dubai Air Show. With a record 615 seats, this is the densest A380 that… Read More

 7 Comments

 Posted on November 11, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, Premium

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Emirates’ mid-range choice

By Bjorn Fehrm Nov. 10 2015, ©. Leeham Co: The Dubai Air Show is on its second day and there are no mega orders. The one that should have been, the mid-range requirement for Emirates Airline, has been postponed,… Read More

 79 Comments

 Posted on November 10, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways

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Pontifications: A380neo? Try A380TXWB. Dubai Air Show and other Odds and Ends

Nov. 9, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. Airbus last week launched its A380 flying test bed with the A350-1000’s Rolls-Royce Trent XWB 97,000 lb engine placed in the number two position. The first thing that came to mind when… Read More

 76 Comments

 Posted on November 9, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, Pontifications

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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft systems, the real nuts to crack

06 November 2015, ©. Leeham Co: COMAC’s C919 was rolled out in the week. We got to see a new shiny aircraft which looked ready to fly. The nicely curved fuselage and wings were immaculate, the paint was… Read More

 23 Comments

 Posted on November 6, 2015 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries

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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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Pointifications: Wide-body orders; Bombardier’s $1bn

Nov. 2, 2015, © Leeham Co. Boeing gets an order for up to 26 787-10s. Airbus firms up options to an order for 30 A330s, added to 45 previously announced by the same customer. Boeing announces an order for nine… Read More

 58 Comments

 Posted on November 2, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines

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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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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft programs

30 October 2015, ©. Leeham Co: There has been dramatic news this week around Bombardier’s (BBD) CSeries program. I wrote a subscribers article about what to expect in terms of the cash flow problem that the BBD management… Read More

 19 Comments

 Posted on October 30, 2015 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer

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Pontifications: 50% of something or 100% of nothing: something to consider at Bombardier

On Sunday, The Seattle Times had a long article about whether the Boeing 787 will ever record a profit. Leeham Co’s Bjorn Fehrm is quoted extensively. Oct. 19, 2015, © Leeham Co. Bombardier is dominating the aerospace news… Read More

 55 Comments

 Posted on October 19, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, McDonnell Douglas, Pontifications

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