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Bjorn’s Corner: The Chinese aircraft engine industry

October 07, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our Corners on East bloc aeronautical industries, we will now look at the Chinese civil aircraft engine industry. The Chinese engine industry is closely modeled after the Chinese aircraft industry that… Read More

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 Posted on October 7, 2016 by

 Bjorn's Corner, CFM, China, Comac, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi

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Bjorn’s Corner; The Chinese civil aircraft industry

September 30, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our Corners on East bloc aeronautical industries, we will now look at the Chinese civil aircraft industry. The Chinese aero industry has similarities with the Russian industry in its overall structure. From the… Read More

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 Posted on September 30, 2016 by

 Antonov, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, China, Comac, Douglas Aircraft Co, McDonnell Douglas, United Aircraft

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Russian-Chinese wide-body: background and outlook

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction August 21, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: The discussions around a joint Russian and Chinese development of a 250-300 seat wide-body has been going on for years. The project got a more concrete form… Read More

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 Posted on August 22, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, China, Comac, Douglas Aircraft Co, Future aircraft, McDonnell Douglas, Premium, United Aircraft, United Engine Corp.

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Pontifications: Shifting focus to Embraer

Jan. 25, 2016, © Leeham Co. Embraer announced last week it had cut metal on its first E195 E2, more than a month before the roll-out of the first E190 E2, scheduled for Feb. 25, at is Sao… Read More

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 Posted on January 25, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, United Airlines

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New aircraft programs’ sorry record of delay

Subscription Required. Jan. 7, 2016, (c) Leeham Co. New aircraft programs used to be on time and a source of pride for the Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs). No longer. Delays are the norm, and despite “lessons learned,” there… Read More

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 Posted on January 7, 2016 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Premium

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No fear of C919 for a generation

Nov. 4, 2015, © Leeham Co. The first COMAC C919 was rolled out of the factory over the weekend, China’s mainline entry into the fiercely competitive arena now “owned” by the Airbus-Boeing duopoly. Although the two giants each has… Read More

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 Posted on November 4, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, China, Comac

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Assessing the China market

Subscription required. Introduction Sept. 30, 2015, (c) Leeham Co.: The Boeing deals announced last week with China put the country into the spotlight about its commercial aviation ambitions. For many, the various deals announced by Boeing raise alarm… Read More

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 Posted on September 30, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Premium

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Mitsubishi opens Seattle Engineering Center ahead of MRJ90 first flight

August 3, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. today opened its Seattle Engineering Center jointly with local company AeroTEC in advance of the first flight of the MRJ90 in September or October. During the second quarter of next… Read More

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 Posted on August 3, 2015 by

 Airlines, Bombardier, Comac, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Sukhoi

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World’s dud airliners

While we’re in the slow-news Holidays, we thought we’d have some irreverent fun. There have been many attempts at building airliners. There are the obvious successes but there have been many, many failures. Starting with the end of… Read More

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 Posted on December 23, 2014 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, China, Comac, Douglas Aircraft Co

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Zhuhai Airshow begins Tuesday: order announcements expected

The Zhuhai Air Show begins next Tuesday and a visit by President Obama to Beijing for a regional summit starts on the last day of the show, Nov. 16. Accordingly, we expect at least some orders to be… Read More

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 Posted on November 4, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer

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