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Cracks in Ryanair’s lowest cost model

By Bjorn Fehrm September 27, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Ryanair has canceled 2,000 flight over the last few weeks. The background is a lack of pilots, after a change of holiday accounting period. The cancellations come against a backdrop… Read More

 27 Comments

 Posted on September 27, 2017 by

 Airlines, Ryanair

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Embraer faces new challenge from MRJ90

Part 2 Sept. 10, 2015, © Leeham Co. Embraer is the dominant producer of commercial aircraft in the 70-125 seat sector, having overtaken Bombardier in the last decade following the development and 2004 introduction of the E-Jet. Bombardier’s CRJ… Read More

 2 Comments

 Posted on September 10, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi

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Odds and Ends: MAX EIS dates; McNerney on business climate; A320 Tianjin plant only breaks even

MAX EIS dates: Aviation Week has this story that lists the planned MAX EIS dates: 737-8, 2017 (we previously reported 4Q2017); 737-9 in 2018 and 737-7 in 2019. AvWeek also reported the bypass ratio for the LEAP-1B is… Read More

 41 Comments

 Posted on June 22, 2012 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM

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What should Boeing do for 737 class?

 24 Comments

 Posted on July 15, 2011 by

 Boeing

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FAA 737 inspection AD covers 175 jets

Note: Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times has a particularly thorough piece looking at this incident. The Wall Street Journal also has a good story on the topic. The New York Times has this story. Update, April 5:… Read More

 12 Comments

 Posted on April 4, 2011 by

 Boeing

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A320neo EIS 2016-17

Airbus has confirmed to us the planned EIS of the A320neo family. The company initially announced only that the A320neo would enter service in the Spring of 2016. A spokesman confirmed our estimates of the family’s EIS: A320… Read More

 17 Comments

 Posted on December 1, 2010 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier

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Five reasons for Airbus to proceed with the A320 NEO

Richard Aboulafia, aerospace consultant with The Teal Group, published his monthly two-page newsletter in which he gives five reasons why Airbus should proceed with the A320 New Engine Option (NEO). The newsletter may be downloaded here. We disagree… Read More

 16 Comments

 Posted on November 30, 2010 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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737RE? Forgettaboutit

In what is, perhaps, the clearest signal Boeing isn’t going to re-engine the 737, and that it will take on the Airbus A320NEO head-on with an upgraded model, take a look at the last line of the AerCap… Read More

 7 Comments

 Posted on November 18, 2010 by

 Airbus, Boeing

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Boeing skeptical of CSeries, C919, MS-21 EIS

We wrote the following article for Commercial Aviation Online, which appeared yesterday. In case anyone wonders, there is no relation between John Hamilton and us. ********* The chief engineer of the 737 program is skeptical of the emerging… Read More

 8 Comments

 Posted on October 28, 2010 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac

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Flight tests pending for enhanced 737

Flight tests are about to begin on a Boeing 737 ultimately destined for Continental Airlines that incorporate aerodynamic improvements designed to reduce fuel consumption by 1%. Boeing has done some “cleaning up” of the aerodynamics by streamlining the… Read More

 6 Comments

 Posted on October 27, 2010 by

 Boeing

     

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