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Bjorn’s Corner: Electric aircraft, Part 7

August 11, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: In this Corner, we will design the hybrid propulsion system for our 50-seat regional turboprop. We could see in previous Corners that we can’t use batteries as a backup for our gas turbine… Read More

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 Posted on August 11, 2017 by

 ATR, Bjorn's Corner

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Bjorn’s Corner: Electric aircraft, Part 6

August 03, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: In our search for an electric regional aircraft configuration, we found that a jet aircraft requires too high power levels. The higher speeds of a jet aircraft take the power levels beyond what… Read More

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 Posted on August 4, 2017 by

 ATR, Bjorn's Corner, Pratt & Whitney

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Pontifications: JADC 20-year forecast: VLA, NMA and other data

July 24, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The Japan Aircraft Development Corp (JADC) just published its 2017-2037 jet and turboprop forecast. JADC forecasts a demand for 33,336 jet airliners and some 2,000 turboprops. JADC is partly owned by Mitsubishi,… Read More

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 Posted on July 24, 2017 by

 Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Middle of the Market, Mitsubishi, MOM, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Sukhoi

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Bombardier optimistic about China

Subscription Required Introduction June 5, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier’s activities in China, where the fuselage for the CSeries is co-produced, have been at a standstill. None of the Memorandums of Understand or Letters of Intent have been… Read More

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 Posted on June 6, 2017 by

 ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, IATA, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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No new design needed for turboprops, says Bombardier

Part 1, ATR, appeared last week. Today’s interview with Bombardier completes the two-part series. Subscription Required Introduction April 4, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier doesn’t think a new, clean-sheet turboprop aircraft is needed any time soon, a position… Read More

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 Posted on April 4, 2017 by

 Airlines, ATR, Bombardier, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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New ATR CEO favors clean-sheet design turboprop

Subscription Required Part 1; Bombardier will appear next week. Introduction March 30, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Economics simply don’t support development of a new turboprop any time soon, an analysis shows. Low utilization by turboprop operators, the cost… Read More

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 Posted on March 30, 2017 by

 Airbus, ATR, Bombardier, Premium

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Assessing ATR future

Subscription Required Introductions Feb. 27, 2017, © Leeham Co.: ATR today holds an almost monopolistic position in the large turbo-prop market with 87% of the backlog at YE2016. Bombardier, once the dominant turbo-prop manufacturer, has a mere 13%…. Read More

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 Posted on February 27, 2017 by

 Airbus, ATR, Bombardier, Embraer, Premium

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Assessing Bombardier commercial programs

Subscription Introduction Jan. 30, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier hopes to land a major, blue-chip order for its CSeries this year but otherwise isn’t counting on significant orders for its flagship airliner. Officials don’t have available delivery slots… Read More

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 Posted on January 30, 2017 by

 ATR, Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium

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Pontifications: Hawaiian Air ponders A380

Oct. 31, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Hawaiian Airlines continues to ponder the possibility of acquiring one or two Airbus A380s, its CEO said on the third quarter earnings call—something that raises eyebrows and a lot of questions with… Read More

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 Posted on October 31, 2016 by

 Airbus, Airlines, ATR, Boeing

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ISTAT Europe 2016: Regional aircraft market

By Bjorn Fehrm September 26, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We are reporting from ISTAT (International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading) 2016 in Barcelona. The regional aircraft panel, discussing the future for the regional aircraft market, featured Embraer, Bombardier, Mitsubishi… Read More

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 Posted on September 27, 2016 by

 Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, China, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, ISTAT, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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