Jan. 20, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The US aircraft manufacturer claims the foreign company is unfairly subsidized, undercutting pricing in US sales and threatening its future. A trade complaint is filed. A prominent politician lines up on behalf… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 15, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The Chinese and Russian Widebody program started in earnest over the last year. After signing a joint venture agreement in 2016, the project now has a… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
John Leahy has been with Airbus 33 years, holding his current position as COO-Customers for more than 20 of these. He retires this month. Jan. 15’s 2017 year-end Orders and Deliveries press conference will be his last. LNC… Read More
Posted on January 12, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm January 09, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: Boeing announced record airliner deliveries for 2017 of 763 jets today, leading the industry for the 6th year running. Net orders of 912 aircraft gave a Book-to-Bill of 1.2. Airbus,… Read More
Posted on January 9, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 8, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Key factors may play into the prospective business venture, however it’s defined, between Boeing and Embraer that have gotten little notice. Boeing’s need for engineering talent from Embraer has… Read More
Posted on January 8, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Middle of the Market, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA
737-7, A319neo, A320NEO, A320neo Plus, A321NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, C Series, E175 E2, E175-E1, E190 E2, E195 E2, EJet E2, Embraer, Middle of Market, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, New Small Airplane, NMA, NSA
Jan. 8, 2018, © Leeham Co.: This is going to be a year of transformations. This might be viewed with puzzlement by some. After all, only minor-modification models will be entering service this year: the Airbus A350-1000, the… Read More
Posted on January 8, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airfinance Journal, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Leeham Co., Mitsubishi, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pontifications
737-7. 737-8, A321neo. a321neo Plus. 777X, Airbus, Airfinance Journal, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, New Midmarket Airplane, NMA. MOM, Southeast Aerospace and Defence Conference
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 04, 2016, © Leeham Co.: We have discussed if the Boeing 767-300ER could function as a stopgap until an NMA would be available. We then compared it with Boeing’s 787-8 and… Read More
Posted on January 4, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
This is a continuing series of articles derived from LNC’s “retirement” interview with John Leahy, COO-Customers of Airbus. Leahy retires this month. Jan. 3, 2018, © Leeham Co.: This is the year many expect Boeing to decide whether… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm January 03, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: Both United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and COMAC got their single-aisle airliner projects into flight test during 2017. The MC-21 and C919 had their first flights within less than a month… Read More
Posted on January 3, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Top 10 aviation stories of the year on Leeham News
Dec. 31, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Airplane development and the whimsicle made the Top 10 stories on LNC in 2017. The Top 10 are a statistical listing of the most-viewed posts, not some judgment call on the part… Read More
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Posted on December 31, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Emirates Airlines, Leeham News and Comment, McDonnell Douglas, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Qatar Airways
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