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Airbus lowers range of A350 on increased capacity assumptions

Airbus this week quietly lowered range for the A350 family on increased capacity assumptions. The range changes appeared without fanfare on the company’s website. When we inquired, a spokesman said,“Seat figures in our public documents have been changed… Read More

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Posted on November 8, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

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A350, A350-1000, A350-800, A350-900, Airbus

Bombardier CSeries in focus

Bombardier’s CSeries is one of three new or derivative airliner to take to the skies, along with the Airbus A350-900 and the Boeing 787-9. But its flight test program is going at a pace far behind the Big… Read More

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Posted on November 7, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

737 MAX, 737-7, 737-8, A319neo, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-190 E2, Embraer

Odds and Ends: Lufthansa on Airbus plan; Lion Air; Boeing statement on IAM deal; CSeries test flights

Lufthansa on Airbus’ 18-inch seat plan: Nein! Runway Girl Network (Mary Kirby’s new venture) reports that Lufthansa’s fleet planner doesn’t think much of the Airbus campaign to make coach seat width an 18-inch standard for the industry. Lion… Read More

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Posted on November 6, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, IAM 751, Lion Air, Lufthansa, Mary Kirby, Runway Girl Network

Assessing the 777X events for Washington State, IAM, Boeing

Update, Nov. 6, 10:00am PST: A summary by IAM 751 of the contract details is here. Original Post: Here’s our take on the news that the IAM and Boeing reached a tentative agreement leading to the selection of… Read More

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Posted on November 5, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing

777X, 787, Airbus, Boeing, Gov. Jay Inslee, IAM 751, SPEEA, World Trade Organization, WTO

Odds and Ends: Looking toward the South; Lion Air updates CSeries interest; 787 fuel advantage

Looking toward the South: As a follow-up to our previous post, Implications of the IAM-Boeing talks on 777X, here is a commentary from The Wall Street Journal about the migration of US industry to the South, were unions… Read More

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Posted on November 5, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

787, A320NEO, A330, A330neo, A340, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Lion Air

Airbus’ A350-800 dilemma

Last week we discussed Airbus’ A350-1000 dilemma. The -1000 will be a fine airplane, but we concluded the company needs to go forward with a larger capacity “A350-1100” to match the size of the Boeing 777-9X, but take… Read More

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Posted on November 4, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce

777, 777-300ER, 777-9, 787-10, 787-9, A330-200, A330-300, A350, A350-1000, A350-1100, A350-800, A350-900, Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, GEnx, Rolls-Royce, Trent 1000

Odds and Ends: Boeing to hike 737 rate; Passenger comfort, fees and PEDs

You read it here first: In June, we reported Boeing planned to take the 737 production rate to 47/mo by 2017 (and to 52 in 2019). Boeing announced on Halloween that it is taking the 737 rate to… Read More

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Posted on November 1, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

737, Airbus, Alec Baldwin, Boeing, Bombardier, CCTV, CSeries, Embraer, Personal Electronic Devices

Airbus’ A350-1000 dilemma

Airbus has a dilemma with what to do about the A350-1000. . Does the OEM stick with the -1000 as it is, ceding the 400 seat segment to Boeing with its new 777-9X? Or does it stretch the… Read More

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Posted on October 31, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Rolls-Royce

747-8, 777-8, 777-9, 777X, A350-1000, A350-1100, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Emirates Airlines, Rolls-Royce

Odds and Ends: Air France may cut A380 orders; Boeing Everett history; BBD, EMB miss targets

Air France May Drop A380s: Bloomberg reports that Air France may cut back its orders for the Airbus A380s. This continues the challenge of Very Large Aircraft sector sales. Boeing has cut production rates twice for its 747-8…. Read More

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Posted on October 31, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

747-8, 777-200, 777X, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Boeing Everett, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Q400

Odds and Ends: XYZ–Next USAF aerial tanker specs; Analysts on CSeries ahead of earnings

KC-XYZ: The USAF hasn’t even received the first Boeing KC-46A, which was the tanker award from the KC-X competition, and it has begun drawing up specifications for the follow-on competition, the KC-Y. The KC-Y is the second tranche… Read More

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Posted on October 30, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

air force tanker, Bombardier, CSeries, McDonnell Douglas

777-8, A350, Airbus, Blended Wing Body, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, KC_46A, KC-10, KC-135, KC-330, KC-777, KC-Y, KC-Z, McDonnell Douglas, USAF air force tanker

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Airbus lowers range of A350 on increased capacity assumptions

Bombardier CSeries in focus

Odds and Ends: Lufthansa on Airbus plan; Lion Air; Boeing statement on IAM deal; CSeries test flights

Assessing the 777X events for Washington State, IAM, Boeing

Odds and Ends: Looking toward the South; Lion Air updates CSeries interest; 787 fuel advantage

Airbus’ A350-800 dilemma

Odds and Ends: Boeing to hike 737 rate; Passenger comfort, fees and PEDs

Airbus’ A350-1000 dilemma

Odds and Ends: Air France may cut A380 orders; Boeing Everett history; BBD, EMB miss targets

Odds and Ends: XYZ–Next USAF aerial tanker specs; Analysts on CSeries ahead of earnings

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