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Embraer’s KC-390 nears delivery

May 28, 2019 © Leeham News: Embraer’s KC-390 multi-role tanker transport is nearing delivery of the first aircraft to the launch customer, the Brazilian Air Force. In a briefing in advance of the Paris Air Show at Embraer’s… Read More

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Posted on May 28, 2019 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, International Aero Engines, Paris Air Show

A400M, Airbus, Boeing, C-130, Embraer, International Aero Engines, KC-390, Lockheed Martin, Paris Air Show

Pontifications: Small Mississippi airport plays key role in state’s aerospace industry

Nov. 6, 2017, © Leeham Co.: One of my stops during my October visit along the I-10 corridor from Mobile (AL) to New Orleans, through Mississippi, visiting aerospace interests was the Stennis International Airport. The airport is in… Read More

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Posted on November 6, 2017 by Scott Hamilton

Boeing, NASA, Pontifications, Rolls-Royce

An-124, Antonov, Boeing, C-130, Chinook, Lockheed Martin, Mississippi Development Authority, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, Stennis International Airport, Stennis Space Center, T-38

Commercialized C-130 beats rivals, crew says

June 18, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The commercial offering of the venerable Lockheed Martin C-130J, the LM-100J, is here at the Paris Air Show, along with its rivals, the Embraer KC-390 and Airbus A400M. The crew with Lockheed… Read More

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Posted on June 18, 2017 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Lockheed Martin

A400M, Airbus, C-130, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, KC-390, LM-100J, Lockheed Martin

Airline assets and lessor assets: Bombardier and Embraer

Subscription Required Part 2. Part 1 may be found here. Introduction Bombardier invented the regional jet. Despite some sales these days, the CRJ was eclipsed by the Embraer J-Jet. Bombardier photo. Oct. 10, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Regional… Read More

Embraer faces new challenge from MRJ90

Part 2 Sept. 10, 2015, © Leeham Co. Embraer is the dominant producer of commercial aircraft in the 70-125 seat sector, having overtaken Bombardier in the last decade following the development and 2004 introduction of the E-Jet. Bombardier’s CRJ… Read More

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Posted on September 10, 2015 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi

767, A320, A400M, Airbus, Boeing 737, Bombardier, C-130, CRJ, E-175, E-175-E2, E-190, E-190 E2, E-195, E-Jet, Embraer, International Aero Engines, KC-390, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, MD-90, Mitsubishi, MRJ90, Paulo Cesar, Q400, SkyWest Airlines, Trans States Airlines, V2500

Odds and Ends: KC-390 first flight; A400M; AirAsia 8501; Bombardier credibility

KC-390 first flight: Embraer’s largest airplane ever built, the KC-390 tanker/transport, made its first flight today. We profiled the airplane last October following our visit to Brazil. The airplane fulfills needs for Brazil’s vast geography to supply its… Read More

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Posted on February 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton

AirAsia, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Lockheed Martin

767, A400M, AirAsia, AirAsia 8501, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, C-130, CSeries, Embraer, KC-390, Lockheed Martin, Pierre Beaudoin

Airbus A400M; how good and how late?

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction 01 Feb 2015: Six years ago Tom Enders, then-CEO for Airbus (when the parent was named EADS), threatened to stop the A400M project. He then played hardball to get eight European states… Read More

Embraer’s big bet on its largest airplane yet

Introduction Embraer is days away from the roll-out of its biggest airplane project yet and one that has the potential to make its biggest inroads yet into the global defense market: the KC-390. The airplane, with a fuselage… Read More

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Posted on October 13, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm

Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney

767, A400M, air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, C-130, Embraer, International Aero Engines, KC-767, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, V2500

Odds and Ends: KC-46A update; A440M in the US; A320neo first flight; Southwest no longer an LCC

KC-46A update: Aviation Week has an update on the status of the Boeing KC-46A tanker. Among other things, first fight has now been moved from June to November at the earliest. A400M in the US: Airbus thinks it’s… Read More

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Posted on September 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

air force tanker, Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney

A320NEO, A400M, air force tanker, Airbus, airlines, Boeing, C-130, C-17, GTF, KC-46A, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Southwest Airlines

Odds and Ends: CSeries concludes second flight; Boeing’s impact on WA State

CSeries second flight: It was two weeks and one day to the second flight of the Bombardier CSeries, quite a bit longer than the Boeing 787-9 and the Airbus A350. The lengthier time was subject to a fair… Read More

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Posted on October 2, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

777X, 787-9, A350, A400M, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, C-130, CSeries, Gov. Jay Inslee, Lockheed Martin

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Embraer’s KC-390 nears delivery

Pontifications: Small Mississippi airport plays key role in state’s aerospace industry

Commercialized C-130 beats rivals, crew says

Airline assets and lessor assets: Bombardier and Embraer

Embraer faces new challenge from MRJ90

Odds and Ends: KC-390 first flight; A400M; AirAsia 8501; Bombardier credibility

Airbus A400M; how good and how late?

Embraer’s big bet on its largest airplane yet

Odds and Ends: KC-46A update; A440M in the US; A320neo first flight; Southwest no longer an LCC

Odds and Ends: CSeries concludes second flight; Boeing’s impact on WA State

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