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CDB Leasing aims for 500-600 aircraft portfolio

Subscription Required Introduction March 16, 2017, © Leeham Co.: China’s evolving commercial aerospace and aviation industry has high-profile companies such as AVIC and COMAC, and its expanding supplier based, combined with joint ventures with Western companies is well… Read More

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 Posted on March 16, 2017 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, ISTAT, Leasing, Lessors, Premium

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Spirit AeroSystems, the world’s largest aerostructures company

A feature report. By Bjorn Fehrm March 15, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Spirit AeroSystems is the world’s largest aerostructures supplier, with main facilities in Wichita (KS). I visited Wichita early March and was given a guided tour of the… Read More

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 Posted on March 15, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Boeing KC-X tanker, Bombardier, CSeries, Mitsubishi, Spirit Aerosystems

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New Airbus-Japan venture aims for new aircraft

March 14, 2017, © Leeham Co.: A new partnership, still in the Memorandum of Cooperation stage, between France and Japan aims to expand a relationship that could lead to joint development of advanced aircraft for Airbus. The MOC… Read More

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 Posted on March 14, 2017 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, ISTAT, Mitsubishi

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Pontifications: Boeing MAX 10, “797” NMA dominated ISTAT headlines

March 13, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The soft launch of the Boeing 737-10 and the prospective Boeing “797” Middle of the Market aircraft easily were the headline news items to come out of the annual ISTAT conference in… Read More

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 Posted on March 13, 2017 by

 Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Lessors, Middle of the Market, Pontifications, United Airlines

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Boeing 737 MAX 10 analyzed

By Bjorn Fehrm Note: Boeing’s “soft launch” of the 737-10 MAX at the ISTAT conference in San Diego a week ago met with some sharp criticism by lessors and some others. Within hours, Boeing scheduled a conference call… Read More

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 Posted on March 13, 2017 by

 Aer Lingus, Airbus, Boeing, CFM

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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines maintenance, Part 2

  March 10, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Last week we started the series how airline turbofans are maintained. We described the typical work scopes and what the intervals were for different single-aisle engines. Before we can describe the engine… Read More

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 Posted on March 10, 2017 by

 Bjorn's Corner, CFM, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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NMA “important step” for Boeing, says leading lessor

March 9, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Proceeding with a New Mid-range Airplane (NMA) is “an important step for Boeing,” says the CEO of one of the world’s preeminent leasing companies. On the other hand, Airbus probably is covered… Read More

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 Posted on March 9, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, ISTAT, Lessors

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CRJ-200 an unexpected success in P2F market

March 8, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier CRJ-200s, rapidly being phased out of passenger service and consigned to the scrap yard, proved to be an unexpected success for freighter conversion company (Aeronautical Engineering Inc (AEI). Converting the CRJ-200… Read More

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 Posted on March 8, 2017 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, ISTAT

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Engine OEMs diverge on technology for next generation

March 7, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Representatives of the four major commercial engine manufacturers have divergent views of the next round of engine development, either for the Middle of the Market/New Mid-range Airplane (NMA) or New Small Airplanes… Read More

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 Posted on March 7, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, GE Aviation, ISTAT, Middle of the Market, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Boeing soft launch for 737 MAX 10

March 6, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing effectively did a soft launch today of the 737-10 MAX at the ISTAT Americas conference in San Diego. Randy Tinseth, VP-Marketing, revealed basic specifications for the MAX 10, the first time… Read More

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 Posted on March 6, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, ISTAT

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