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CEO Interview: ATR chiefs says no 90-seater without Airbus support
March 3, 2015, c. Leeham Co: ATR, the turbo-prop OEM 50% owned by Airbus and 50% by Finmeccanica, wants to develop a new airplane to replace the venerable ATR 42/72 series that entered service in 1985 and 1989… Read More
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Posted on March 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Tomorrow’s Bombardier earnings call: trying to be upbeat in the midst of a tornado
Subscription Required. Introduction As the market prepares for Bombardier’s 2014 year end earnings call tomorrow, CEO Pierre Beaudoin has his work cut out for him to restore confidence among the airlines and lessors who have ordered the CSeries… Read More
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Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Areas of investigation of TransAsia GE235 accident
A TransAsia ATR 72 crashed yesterday on take off from downtown airport. Investigators will look at the following: Because the reported Mayday call indicated engine flameout, there will be initial focus on the engines and with it, anything… Read More
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Posted on February 4, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Turboprops’ future is OK but not great as ATR corners market
Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 5, 2015: Conventional wisdom suggests that turboprops are making a bit of a comeback because these remain far more efficient for routes up to 400 miles than jets, particularly at high fuel prices. Even… Read More
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Posted on January 5, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
The challenges in bringing a new turboprop to market
By Philippe Poutissou Special to Leeham News and Comment Introduction Dec. 15, 2014: The market for turboprop aircraft has been strong for nearly a decade, yet there has been limited new product development in the segment. This has… Read More
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Posted on December 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Assessment of Lessors in Airbus and Boeing backlogs, narrow- vs wide-body
Subscription Required Introduction Nov. 30, 2014: Airlines now lease about 50% of their aircraft under a variety of mechanisms: operating, finance, leveraged and Islamic leases, just to name a few. There are operating leasing, special purpose and “house”… Read More
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Posted on November 30, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Premium
737, 747-400, 747-8, 777-300ER, A320, AerCap, Air Lease Corp., Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, GECAS, George Batchelor, ILFC, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Steven Udvar-Hazy
“We need more than one family,” says Embraer COO
Subscription required. Now open to all Readers. (Nov. 29, 2014) Introduction Oct. 15, 2014: Embraer had the opportunity to design a clean-sheet airplane as a successor to the E-Jet to respond to the Bombardier CSeries, with the 100-110… Read More
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Posted on October 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney
Airbus, ATR, ATR 42, ATR-72, Boeing, Bombardier, E-175, E-190, E-195, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, Luis Carlos Affonso
Bombardier woes go beyond CSeries
The news last week that Bombardier reorganized its business units, laid off another 1,800 employees and saw the retirement of Guy Hachey, president and CEO of the aerospace division, was viewed by some media and observers as an… Read More
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Posted on July 28, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Farnborough Air Show, July 16: Orders Summary
Here are the orders we’ve seen for today (there could be more); this should pretty well do it for the show, though it does continue through Friday and there probably will be a few more deals: Airbus: Air… Read More
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Posted on July 16, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce
737-700C, 737-8, 777-9, 777F, 777X, 787-9, A330neo, A350-900, A380, Airbus, ATR, ATR-72-600, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CS300, CSeries, GE Engines, LEAP-1A, Marshall Aerospace, Q400, Rolls-Royce
Farnborough Air Show, July 14: Orders Summary
Here are orders that were announced on the first official day of the Farnborough Air Show (at least the ones we’ve seen from Seattle–feel free to add to the list if we’ve missed any): Airbus: from Air Lease… Read More
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Posted on July 14, 2014 by Scott Hamilton