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Assessing turmoil at Bombardier: it doesn’t stop at CSeries

The Wall Street Journal takes a look at Bombardier.(Subscription required.) ““We did not fully expect and prepare” for the competitive response, said a Bombardier executive. Its studies concluded re-engining the A320 and 737 made no economic sense and… Read More

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 Posted on January 9, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Premium

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Aging Boeing 757 engines skew operating expenses

Jan. 8, 2015: Engines on the aging fleet of Boeing 757s are a key reason operating costs of this rather unique airplane are between 20% and 30% more than a Boeing 737-9 or an Airbus A321neo. “The thing… Read More

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 Posted on January 8, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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2015 a year of execution for Embraer commercial

Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 7, 2015: Embraer, the world’s #3 commercial airplane manufacturer, enters 2015 viewing this as a year of execution, says its chief commercial officer, John S. Slattery. There are three pillars: Continuing to fill out… Read More

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 Posted on January 7, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium, Sukhoi

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Odds and Ends: 737 MAX order breakdown; Airbus to top Boeing; Embraer to PNAA event

Jan. 6, 2015: 737 MAX Orders: Boeing has broken down the 737 MAX orders for the entire program in response to our inquiry. The 737-8 has captured 87% of the program orders since launch in 2011. The MAX… Read More

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 Posted on January 6, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

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Boeing 2014 orders: 1,550 gross, 1,432 net

Update, 8:45am PST: Boeing sent us this breakout of 777 and 737 orders: 777-300ER: 49 777 Freighter: 14 777X: 220 737 MAX: 891 Original Post: Boeing received 1,550 gross orders and 1,432 net orders in 2014, one of… Read More

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 Posted on January 6, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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Turboprops’ future is OK but not great as ATR corners market

Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 5, 2015: Conventional wisdom suggests that turboprops are making a bit of a comeback because these remain far more efficient for routes up to 400 miles than jets, particularly at high fuel prices. Even… Read More

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 Posted on January 5, 2015 by

 Airbus, ATR, Bombardier, China, Embraer, Premium

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Odds and Ends: AirAsia 8501, PNAA Conference, FWIW

Jan. 2, 2014: AirAsia 8501: Our friend Geoff Thomas has an interesting commentary about the AirAsia 8501 story. Also, an Airbus A330 pilot for a major US airline, offered these observations about QZ8501. A Linkedin profile suggests this… Read More

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 Posted on January 2, 2015 by

 AirAsia, Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

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Odds and Ends: Wrapping up 2014 in the news

Dec. 31, 2014, just under the wire: 2014 is over and there was some news unrelated to the loss of AirAsia flight 8501: Bombardier: The company received a firm order for 24 CRJ900s from an unidentified customer (we… Read More

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 Posted on December 31, 2014 by

 AirAsia, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries

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AirAsia update, Dec. 30: Key questions in the investigation

Dec. 30, 2014: With the apparent discovery of the main wreckage of AirAsia Flt 8501 in about 100 ft of water, recovery of the airplane and its black boxes should be a relatively straight-forward operation. Our previous posts… Read More

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 Posted on December 30, 2014 by

 AirAsia, Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas

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Top 10 Leeham News stories of 2014

Dec. 30, 2014: This was a highly active news year. Airbus launched the A330neo and A321neoLR. Boeing firmed up more than 200 orders for the 777X. Emirates canceled 70 A350 orders, a record cancellation when no customer collapse… Read More

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 Posted on December 30, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Emirates Airlines, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Malaysian Airlines, MH370

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