Jan. 24, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Dublin, Ireland: Even as new airplane programs are winding down at the Big Four OEMs, 2018 will be a year of transformation for the commercial aerospace industry, LNC told an audience at… Read More
Posted on January 24, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 22, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Airbus and Boeing hiked their list prices on their airliners last week by about 2% and 4% respectively. There is little impact for either company in the near term…. Read More
Posted on January 22, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Jan. 18, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Boeing quietly raised its list prices by 4.1% for its commercial airplanes, the same day Airbus did (Monday)—but without the fanfare of an announcement, as did Airbus. The 737-700, which has been… Read More
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 18, 2018, © Leeham Co.: In the first article about the Chinese/Russian widebody, the CR929, we described the route to a joint program company and the launch of the project. We… Read More
Posted on January 18, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Jan. 17, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Airbus announced a list price hike Monday of just under 2%. The popular A321neo goes to $129.5m from $127m. The A350-900 goes to $317.4m from $311.2m, for example. Such price hikes are… Read More
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm January 15, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus announced record 2017 airliner deliveries of 718 aircraft today. It was the 15th consecutive year of increased production, this time with 30 aircraft over 2016. Fabrice Bregier, the Chief Operating… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Jan. 20, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The US aircraft manufacturer claims the foreign company is unfairly subsidized, undercutting pricing in US sales and threatening its future. A trade complaint is filed. A prominent politician lines up on behalf… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 15, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The Chinese and Russian Widebody program started in earnest over the last year. After signing a joint venture agreement in 2016, the project now has a… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
John Leahy has been with Airbus 33 years, holding his current position as COO-Customers for more than 20 of these. He retires this month. Jan. 15’s 2017 year-end Orders and Deliveries press conference will be his last. LNC… Read More
Posted on January 12, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 11, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The decision last week by Southwest Airlines to defer for four years delivery of 23 of 30 Boeing 737-7 MAXes does not bode well for this sub-type. Concurrently, Southwest… Read More
Posted on January 11, 2018 by Scott Hamilton