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Farnborough: NMA business case appears to weaken, evidence at air show indicates

Analysis July 18, 2018, © Leeham News, Farnborough: The biggest, longest-running story at this year’s Farnborough Air Show is about an airplane that doesn’t exist: the prospective Boeing New Midmarket Aircraft (NMA or 797). And the underlying story… Read More

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 Posted on July 18, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Farnborough Air Show, Middle of the Market, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA

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Farnborough: Day 2 orders tally

July 17, 2018 (c) Airfinance Journal: Day two of the Farnborough air show saw David Neeleman’s new US airline commitment for 60 Airbus A220-300 aircraft, a story that was first revealed by Airfinance Journal on 11 June. Embraer announced commitments for  270… Read More

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 Posted on July 17, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Farnborough Air Show

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Farnborough: First day order recap

By Alex Derber July 16, 2018, (c) Airfinance Journal: Day One of Farnborough 2018 belonged firmly to Boeing in terms of firm orders, although the US manufacturer saved up many of its largest announcements from deals done earlier in the… Read More

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 Posted on July 16, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airfinance Journal, Airlines, ATR, Boeing, Comac, Farnborough Air Show

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Farnborough: Boeing reconsiders metal fuselage for NMA as cost remains major challenge

July 16, 2018, © Leeham News: Farnborough: Boeing has returned to considering a metal fuselage for the New Midmarket Aircraft as an alternative to the ovoid-based composite design that has been the focus for the past two-three years,… Read More

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 Posted on July 16, 2018 by

 Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Farnborough Air Show, United Airlines

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Farnborough: E190-E2 “quietest single aisle airplane in production,” boasts CEO

July 15, 2018, © Leeham News, Farnborough: Embraer today revealed that the E190-E2 achieved better fuel burn than its target of 16%. Flight tests showed fuel burn was 17.3% better than the E1, said Rodrigo de Souza, VP… Read More

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 Posted on July 15, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

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Pontifications: Final Farnborough forecast

Special Sunday edition of Pontifications. July 15, 2018, © Leeham News: The Farnborough Air Show officially starts tomorrow, when airframers begin their public relations presentations and orders are announced. As this is written on July 13, I’m doing… Read More

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 Posted on July 15, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pontifications

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Airbus’ jetBlue A220 deal, first analysis

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction July 12, 2018, © Leeham News: The Airbus A220 won its first battle against Embraer’s E2 E-Jets, winning the order to replace 60 Embraer E190s at jetBlue. The airline held a telephone… Read More

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 Posted on July 12, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Premium

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Future Mobile A220 final assembly line already pushing capacity

July 11, 2018, © Leeham News: The order for 60 Airbus A220-300s, when added to the order for 75 A220-100s by Delta Air Lines and the anticipated order for 60 A220-300s by USA start-up carrier Moxy Airlines, nearly… Read More

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 Posted on July 11, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines

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What are the prospects for the Airbus A220?

By Bjorn Fehrm July 11, 2018, © Leeham News.: With the CSeries repainted and rebranded in Airbus colors, will this change its fortunes? The aircraft has been on the market for 10 years and has not been a… Read More

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 Posted on July 11, 2018 by

 Airbus, Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney

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JetBlue orders 60 A220-300s in surprise timing

July 10, 2018, (c) Leeham News: JetBlue announced an order today for 60 Airbus A220-300s, nee Bombardier CS300s. The airline took options on 60 more. The timing is a surprise–JetBlue previously said it would not be ready to… Read More

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 Posted on July 10, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Pratt & Whitney

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