By Bjorn Fehrm October 9, 2018, ©. Leeham News, Antibes France: The European Airlines Association, ERA, gathered 44 of its 51 member airlines in Antibes France, today for the first day of its 2019 General Assembly meeting. LNA… Read More
Posted on October 9, 2019 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction October 3, 2019, ©. Leeham News: We have the last two weeks analyzed what aircraft to choose for the segment 120 to 150 seats, comparing Embraer’s E195-E2 with Airbus’ A220-300. The first… Read More
Posted on October 3, 2019 by Bjorn Fehrm
Sept. 30, 2019, © Leeham News: An obscure and largely forgotten European win in a previous illegal subsidies case against Boeing and the United States before the World TradeOrganization (WTO) opens the door for immediate retaliation against Boeing… Read More
Posted on September 30, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Sept. 30, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing’s announcement last week that it’s establish a permanent Board level safety committee, realigning some functions and creating new lines of reporting is a good and necessary step. It’s not only good… Read More
Posted on September 30, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Sept. 29, 2019, © Leeham News: The European Union is ready to retaliate against the US for any tariffs imposed, as early as October, in response to the World Trade Organization authorization to do so in connection with… Read More
Posted on September 29, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
September 27, 2019, ©. Leeham News: In our series about classical flight controls (“fly by steel wire”) and Fly-By-Wire (FBW or “fly by electrical wire”) we started a discussion about the need for stability augmentation systems last week… Read More
Posted on September 27, 2019 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction September 26, 2019, ©. Leeham News: We started an analysis of what aircraft to choose for the segment 120 to 150 seats last week, where we compared Embraer’s E195-E2 with Airbus A220-300…. Read More
Posted on September 26, 2019 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction September 19, 2019, ©. Leeham News: What aircraft to choose for the segment 120 to 150 seats, Embraer’s E195-E2 or Airbus A220-300? After discussions with Airbus’ Rob Dewar at the Paris Airshow,… Read More
Posted on September 19, 2019 by Bjorn Fehrm
Sept. 18, 2019, © Leeham News: Embraer passed a milestone last week with the delivery of the first E195-E2, to Azul Airlines of Brazil. The airplane is the largest Embraer has designed. It’s bigger than the KC-390 tanker-transport…. Read More
Posted on September 18, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Sept. 16, 2019, © Leeham News: Los Angeles—Spirit Airlines, a US ultra-low-cost carrier, is upgrading its passenger seating experience, the airline’s CEO announced last week at the Apex Expo 2019 event. Ted Christie unveiled new designs for its… Read More
Posted on September 16, 2019 by Scott Hamilton