Subscription Required Introduction Boeing 787-9. Source: Boeing. April 11, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has $29bn in deferred production costs and another $3bn in deferred tooling costs for its 787. The accounting block, for its program accounting, is… Read More
Bombardier’s Delta deal looking good, but don’t celebrate yet
Subscription Required Introduction Air Baltic will be the first operator of the Bombardier CS300. Source: Bombardier. April 18, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier, if it didn’t dominate the news cycle in commercial aviation last week, must have come… Read More
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Posted on April 18, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, Leeham News and Comment, Premium, United Airlines
737-700, A319, A321ceo, Air Canada, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, C Series, CS100, CS300, Delta Air Lines, E195 E2, E195-E1, Embraer, United Airlines
Pontifications: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and export credit support
April 18, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Export Credit for airliners was back in the news last week, with the US taking aim at the prospect of Canada’s agency supporting sales of the Bombardier C Series to the US… Read More
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Posted on April 18, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, ExIm Bank, Pontifications
737-7, 737-700, A319, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, C Series, Charlie Brown, CS300, Dennis Muilenburg, ExIm
Bjorn’s Corner: The role of a Flight Management System
15 April 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In several of my Corners when describing flight control systems and autopilots for airliners, I have written about the aircraft’s Flight Management System (FMS) without actually describing its role completely. The… Read More
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Posted on April 15, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing
737, A320, Airbus, Boeing, FMS
Can Bombardier extend CS300 to a CS500?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction April 14, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier is working hard to get additional mainline airline customers for its C Series project. The latest discussion is whether Delta Air Lines would replace its… Read More
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Posted on April 14, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Premium
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Alcoa lowers guidance, cites slowing jet sales, production ramp up
April 13, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Alcoa, a major supplier to Airbus and Boeing, lowered its 2016 guidance on anticipated lower demand for aluminum on lower orders for legacy commercial airliners and a slower than expected transition to… Read More
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Posted on April 13, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Prices set for years, Boeing cost-cutting goes straight to bottom line
April 12, 2016: Prices for Boeing and Airbus planes are set through the remaining decade, meaning any cost-cutting being pursued by Boeing will flow straight to the bottom line, a new note issued yesterday from Bernstein Research concludes…. Read More
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Posted on April 12, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Middle of the Market, MOM, United Airlines
737-700, 737-9, 757 replacement, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, A321NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Middle of the Market airplane, MOM, United Airlines
Why Boeing won’t take a charge on 787s
Subscription Required Introduction Boeing 787-9. Source: Boeing. April 11, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has $29bn in deferred production costs and another $3bn in deferred tooling costs for its 787. The accounting block, for its program accounting, is… Read More
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Posted on April 11, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Pontifications: Catching up on the KC-46A, KC-30A
April 11, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes that the Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tanker for the US Air Force has “challenging testing and delivery schedules” ahead in its annual review of the program…. Read More
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Posted on April 11, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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Trends in cabin amenities
By Bjorn Fehrm 05 April 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We are at the Aircraft Interior eXpo, AIX 2016, to check out what’s new where the aircraft meets the passenger. We got to the expo in Hamburg on a… Read More
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Posted on April 6, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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Alaska, Virgin confirm merger
April 4, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: Alaska Air Group and Virgin America confirmed weekend reports that they reached a deal to merge. The replay of the Alaska webcast/conference call, with slide show, is here. Rationale includes what LNC outlined… Read More
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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