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Leeham News and Analysis
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Odds and Ends: CSeries and London City Airport; new life for BAe-146; SPEEA’s next step
It’s Christmas Eve but there is some news despite this being a slow day. CSeries and London City Airport: The downtown airport is a highly challenging one. Aircraft have a challenging approach. The runway is short. British Airways… Read More
Posted on December 24, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: CSeries picks up; Air Canada’s Rouge; A380 v 747-8; Allegiant Air
CSeries picks up: Bombardier is ending the year with some upbeat news for the CSeries. First was an LOI for up to 30 CS100s from an unidentified customer. Next the wings arrived to be assembled onto FTV1 (Flight… Read More
Posted on December 20, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Some retrospective thoughts of 2012
As the year winds down, we look back and view the year as somewhat anti-climatic. We thought Boeing would make a decision on what to do about the 777X. Hasn’t happened. We thought there would be a formal… Read More
Posted on December 14, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Bombardier lands Delta’s RJ deal; 787 events in perspective; Airbus/China; Enders victory
Delta Air Lines: Bombardier, in a welcome development, landed a major order with Delta for 40+30 CRJ900s, beating out Embraer’s E-Jet proposal. Delta has a large, installed base of CRJs and EMB wasn’t too optimistic, in management-analysts meetings… Read More
Posted on December 6, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Random thoughts about Airbus, Boeing and related issues
We’ve been traveling on business all week and naturally the conversation was all aviation. We spoke with lessors, aerospace analysts, hedge funds and private equity. In what amounts to a data dump, here is what is being discussed… Read More
Posted on November 30, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: A320 Sharklet tests better than forecast; Emirates and A350-1000
Back to work: Airbus flight tests reveal that its Sharklet is one-half percent better on long-range operations than had been forecast. . The company revealed that the A320 Sharklet 4% better fuel burn than the current airplane on… Read More
Posted on November 25, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: To fly or not to fly–CSeries; Qatar’s A350s; A320 production rates
CSeries: Bombardier’s sales chief says the CSeries might fly earlier than the six month delay announced on the earnings call. See this Reuters report from China’s Zhuhai Air Show. Qatar’s A350: Flight Global’s David Kaminski-Morrow reports Qatar switched… Read More
Posted on November 14, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries
787, A350, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CNN, CNN Travel, CSeries, Qatar Airways
Bombardier announces delay in CSeries first flight
Earnings Call Update: We’ve made substantial progress. First flight will be by end of June 2013 with EIS for CS100 a year later. CS300 timeline still EIS YE2014. BBD did not identify “major systems” that are taking longer… Read More
Posted on November 7, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Good week for Boeing; 777X-no news yet; SPEEA; Bombardier earnings call
Good Week for Boeing: Last week was a good one for Boeing: after a short delay, United Airlines received its second 787 and the type entered domestic service with the carrier Sunday (technically, of course, that’s “this” week)…. Read More
Posted on November 5, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Germans withhold Loans on A350; CSeries; SPEEA update
A350 Loans: The German government is withholding repayable loans (aka launch aid) for the Airbus A350 in another one of its regular snits over work share. Airbus ought to forget these loans and either self-fund or go to… Read More
Posted on October 18, 2012 by Scott Hamilton