Bombardier sees no merit to Boeing complaint, says president

Subscription Required Introduction June 5, 2017, © Leeham Co.: A decision from the US International Trade Commission Fred Cromer, president of Bombardier Commercial Airplanes. (ITC) about the Boeing complaint of alleged Bombardier price dumping in its Delta Air… Read More

Embraer adds range to E190/95 E2s

June 2, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Embraer today announced enhancements to its new E190-E2 and E195-E2 adding range to the 195 and improving hot-and-high and challenging airport performance for the 190. John Slattery, president and CEO of Embraer… Read More

Pratt & Whitney, rest of industry, await Boeing decision on NMA

June 1, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Pratt & Whitney, like the airlines, lessors, suppliers and competitors, awaits a decision by Boeing whether it will launch the New Midrange Aircraft for the Middle of the Market sector. PW’s president,… Read More

MC-21 and C919 compared

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Note: With the first flight of the Irkut MC-21 in the weekend, we move the Qantas Ultra Long Haul article Part 2 to a later date. Introduction  June 01, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Irkut’s… Read More

Qatar Airways: Becoming a global powerhouse

By Bjorn Fehrm May 30, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Qatar Airways is the flag carrier of Qatar, a country of 0.3m Qatari citizens and 2.3m expatriates. Its total population of 2.6m makes it one of the world’s smallest countries…. Read More

Boeing complaint “unprecedented overreach,” says Bombardier

May 30, 2017, © Leeham Co.: “Boeing’s petition…is unprecedented in its overreach. There have been no…imports and no domestic shipments during the period of investigation. There are no lost sales or revenues. Boeing does not even make a… Read More

Bombardier’s missed opportunity for the CS500

Subscription Required Introduction May 29, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing worries that if left unchecked, Bombardier will launch the often-talked about CS500, a 160-189 passenger concept that would compete directly with Boeing’s 737-800 and MAX 8. Image via… Read More

Bombardier “deliberately misleading” in price dumping case, says Boeing

May 29, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing minced no words in its closing brief to the US International Trade Commission in its price dumping complaint against Bombardier. “Bombardier’s intentional obfuscation simply proves that Bombardier has no credible answer… Read More

Pontifications: No sale for Boeing in Bombardier complaint

May 29, 2017, © Leeham Co.: I’m having a really hard time buying into Boeing’s arguments in the complaint about alleged price dumping by Bombardier in its deal with Delta Air Lines. I say this despite the fact… Read More

Bombardier-Delta deal can put Boeing out of business, company claims

May 25, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing says its very future, and that of US aerospace industry, is at risk if Bombardier’s deal with Delta Air Lines for 75 CS100s and 50 options is not fined for price… Read More