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Pontifications: Wizz could be first face-off of 737 MAX 200 vs “A320neo 195”

April 13, 2015: A campaign that began last year between Airbus and Boeing for a large order of 100 airplanes at Europe’s Low Cost Carrier, Wizz Air, could be the first face off between the “A320neo 195” (our… Read More

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 Posted on April 13, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Mitsubishi

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Boeing MOM airliner; market coverage

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction 12 April, 2015: In our study of the options for Boeing’s market study called Middle of the Market (MOM), we could conclude that the most likely aircraft to cover their 200-250 seat… Read More

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 Posted on April 12, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, GE Aviation, Premium, Rolls-Royce

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Airbus to tout economy “Choice” at Hamburg interiors show

April 8, 2015: Airbus will unveil a new concept at the international Hamburg interiors convention next week call “Choice” for the economy cabin. The concept is intended to further segment the traveling public demand and increase revenue for… Read More

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 Posted on April 8, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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2030 decade airplanes need new shapes for better efficiency

Subscription Required. Now open to all readers. Introduction April 6, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The next 15 years may well be the last new airplane programs of major airliners that look like today’s tube-and-wing aircraft because demands for… Read More

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 Posted on April 6, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney

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Pratt & Whitney looks to MOM and beyond-Part 1

Subscription Required. Introduction April 2, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: Even as Pratt & Whitney prepares for the entry-into-service of its new Alan Epstein, vice president of technology and environment, Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine on the… Read More

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 Posted on April 2, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Middle of the Market, MOM, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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Pratt & Whitney sees long-term aviation growth, airline profits

April 2, 2015: Paul Adams, president of Pratt & Whitney, provided an “state of the business” of PW during the second day of the Media Days. We follow our usual format of recapping his comments in paraphrased form…. Read More

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 Posted on April 2, 2015 by

 Airbus, Bombardier, CSeries, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Airliner retirement age in the wake of low fuel prices

By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 31, 2015: We have received an update for Avolon’s “Aircraft retirement and storage trends” whitepaper from September 2012. In the age of changing fuel prices it makes for interesting reading as the author, Avolon’s Head… Read More

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 Posted on March 31, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Douglas Aircraft Co, Embrarer, Leasing

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Pontifications: Remote control of airliners a bad idea

March 30, 2015: In the aftermath of what a French prosecutor said was the apparent suicide-mass murder of 150 people on Germanwings 9525, there have been some calls for and questions of creating a system of allowing ground… Read More

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 Posted on March 30, 2015 by

 Airlines, Germanwings, Malaysian Airlines, McDonnell Douglas, MH370, Pontifications

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Bombardier CS300 analysis vs A319neo, 737-7

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction March 29, 2015, c. Leeham Co: Bombardier’s big bet in the aeronautics sector, CSeries, is well into flight testing, now more than half way toward the 2,400 hours required by Transport Canada… Read More

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 Posted on March 29, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embrarer, GE Aviation, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Sukhoi, United Aircraft, YAK

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Bjorn’s Corner: Two in cockpit makes sense

March 27, 2015; As we informed yesterday, the Germanwing’s co-pilot had a pause in his training at Lufthansa’s pilot school in Bremen during 2009. Further details have since been revealed by, among others, the Dusseldorf’s prosecutors office. The… Read More

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 Posted on March 27, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Bjorn's Corner

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