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Pontifications: 2018 is a year of Transformations

Jan. 8, 2018, © Leeham Co.: This is going to be a year of transformations. This might be viewed with puzzlement by some. After all, only minor-modification models will be entering service this year: the Airbus A350-1000, the… Read More

 113 Comments

 Posted on January 8, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airfinance Journal, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Leeham Co., Mitsubishi, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pontifications

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Is the Airbus A321LR a better NMA stopgap than the 767-300?

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 04, 2016, © Leeham Co.: We have discussed if the Boeing 767-300ER could function as a stopgap until an NMA would be available. We then compared it with Boeing’s 787-8 and… Read More

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 Posted on January 4, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, Middle of the Market, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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NMA market sector is small, Airbus’ Leahy says

This is a continuing series of articles derived from LNC’s “retirement” interview with John Leahy, COO-Customers of Airbus. Leahy retires this month. Jan. 3, 2018, © Leeham Co.: This is the year many expect Boeing to decide whether… Read More

 160 Comments

 Posted on January 3, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Middle of the Market, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA

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United Aircraft’s and COMAC’s eventful year

By Bjorn Fehrm January 03, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: Both United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and COMAC got their single-aisle airliner projects into flight test during 2017. The MC-21 and C919 had their first flights within less than a month… Read More

 19 Comments

 Posted on January 3, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, China, Comac, Irkut, McDonnell Douglas, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi, United Engine Corp.

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Top 10 aviation stories of the year on Leeham News

Dec. 31, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Airplane development and the whimsicle made the Top 10 stories on LNC in 2017. The Top 10 are a statistical listing of the most-viewed posts, not some judgment call on the part… Read More

 26 Comments

 Posted on December 31, 2017 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Emirates Airlines, Leeham News and Comment, McDonnell Douglas, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Qatar Airways

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Embraer’s transition years, 2017 and 2018

By Bjorn Fehrm  December 29, 2017, ©. Leeham Co.: The past year was a transition year for Embraer. Their E-Jet was in its last year before deliveries of the new E2 version begins. The company labels 2018 as an additional… Read More

 39 Comments

 Posted on December 29, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer

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Post-hearing briefs in Boeing-Bombardier trade case

Dec. 28, 2017, © Leeham Co.: It’s not often that levity appears in briefing papers in US government trade cases, but Delta Air Lines managed to draw LNC’s chuckle in its post-hearing brief in the Boeing-Bombardier trade case…. Read More

 25 Comments

 Posted on December 28, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines

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Bombardier’s bittersweet year

Dec. 28, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Two thousand seventeen had to be a bittersweet year for Bombardier. Despite landing two good, blue-chip orders in 2016—Air Canada and Delta Air Lines—it hadn’t achieved the “commercial momentum” hoped for. At… Read More

 25 Comments

 Posted on December 28, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, CSeries

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Boeing’s outstanding year

Dec. 27, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing had an outstanding year. For the first time since 2013, it booked more sales of the 787 than it produced, the so-called book:bill ratio. The bridge for the 777 Classic to… Read More

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 Posted on December 27, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA

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How Boeing, Embraer benefit from a combination

Analysis Dec. 26, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Potential synergies exist between Boeing and Embraer which may be important to development of the next new, clean-sheet airplane for both companies. Last week, both firms acknowledged a Wall Street Journal… Read More

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 Posted on December 26, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

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