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World’s dud airliners

While we’re in the slow-news Holidays, we thought we’d have some irreverent fun. There have been many attempts at building airliners. There are the obvious successes but there have been many, many failures. Starting with the end of… Read More

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Posted on December 23, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, China, Comac, Douglas Aircraft Co

707, 727, 880, 990, Airbus, Airlift, American Airlines, ARJ21, AVIC, BEA, BOAC, Boeing, Braniff Airlines, Bristol, Britannia, British European Airlines, Budd, Canadair, CL-44, Comac, Comet, Constoga, Convair, Dassualt, DC-4 M2, DC-8, de Havilland, Electra, Flying Tiger, Fokker-VFW, Fokker-VFW 614, Howard Hughes, Lockheed, Lockheed Electra, Loftleider, Martin, Martin 202, Martin 303, Martin 404, Mercure, Seaboard World, Stratocruiser, Trident, TWA, United Airlines

Boom times leads to looming cash flow shortfall across OEMs

Subscription Required. Introduction Dec. 16, 2014: There have been record aircraft orders year after year, swelling the backlogs of Airbus and Boeing to seven years on some product lines, Bombardier’s CSeries is sold out through 2016, Embraer has… Read More

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Posted on December 16, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Irkut, Mitsubishi, MTU, Premium, Rolls-Royce

787-10, A320NEO, A330neo, A350, A380, A380-900, A380neo, A400M, air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, C-17, CFM, Comac, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GE Aviation, GE9X, GTF, Irkut, KC-390, KC-46A, LEAP, Mitsubishi, MTU, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

The challenges in bringing a new turboprop to market

By Philippe Poutissou Special to Leeham News and Comment Introduction Dec. 15, 2014: The market for turboprop aircraft has been strong for nearly a decade, yet there has been limited new product development in the segment. This has… Read More

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Posted on December 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

ATR, Bombardier, Embraer

ATR, ATR 42, AVIC, Bombardier, Brasilias, CASA, CN-235, Comac, Dash 8, Embraer, IPTN, Q400, Turboprops

New UTC CEO throws cold water on PW GTF growth

The new chief executive officer of United Technologies Corp., Gregory Hayes, threw cold water on hopes and dreams of Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary, that the successful small- and medium-sized Geared Turbo Fan will grow into the wide-body… Read More

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Posted on December 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

737 MAX, 757, 757 replacement, 767, 767 replacement, A320NEO, Alain M. Bellemare, Bombardier, C919, CFM, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GE Aviation, Gregory Hayes, GTF, Irkut, MC-21, Mitsubishi, MRJ, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies

Assessment of Lessors in Airbus and Boeing backlogs, narrow- vs wide-body

Subscription Required Introduction Nov. 30, 2014: Airlines now lease about 50% of their aircraft under a variety of mechanisms: operating, finance, leveraged and Islamic leases, just to name a few. There are operating leasing, special purpose and “house”… Read More

Asian airline market: overheated, balanced or just some spot troubles?

The Zhuhai Air Show, underway this week, comes against the backdrop of rising concerns–and large orders announced in recent weeks–of an over-ordered Asian market. We’ve expressed concern about the large number of orders at Lion Air and AirAsia… Read More

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Posted on November 11, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Comac

.AirAsia X, 737 MAX, A320NEO, AirAsia, Asia, Bombardier, C919, CAPA, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, China, China Aircraft Leasing Group, China Express Airlines, CIT Aerospace, Comac, CRJ-900, Honeywell, India, Lion Air, SMBC Aviation Capital, Tony Fernandes

Zhuhai Airshow: China’s aircraft industry is gaining speed

The 10th Chinese airshow at Zhuhai opened today. It was a day with fewer announcements than expected from the usual suspects (Airbus, Boeing…) but the Chinese industry did not disappoint. China is now showing more and more of… Read More

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Posted on November 11, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, CFM, China, Comac, GE Aviation

737, 737 MAX, 737NG, A320, A320NEO, Airbus, ARJ-21, AVIC, Boeing, C919, CFM, Comac

Zhuhai Airshow begins Tuesday: order announcements expected

The Zhuhai Air Show begins next Tuesday and a visit by President Obama to Beijing for a regional summit starts on the last day of the show, Nov. 16. Accordingly, we expect at least some orders to be… Read More

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Posted on November 4, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer

737, 777, A320, A330, Airbus, ARJ21, Boeing, Bombardier, C919, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Zhuhai Air Show

Odds and Ends: C919 EIS in 2020, says consultant; Qantas goes on diet; BBD tables Russia; Swiss not Cseries launch operator

C919/ARJ21: Aviation Week reports that the COMAC C919 might fly be the end of next year and that EIS may be in 2018. However, Michel Merluzeau, of G2 Solutions in Kirkland (WA), predicts the EIS won’t happen until… Read More

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Posted on November 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac

airlines, ARJ21, Bombardier, C919, Comac, G2 Solutions, Michel Merluzeau, Q400, Qantas Airways

Part 3: Boeing 757 replacement: 757 and Airbus A321neoLR versus clean sheet designs.

Subscription required. By Bjorn Fehrm Part 3 of 3 Introduction In Part 2 of our three-part 757 Replacement analysis, we took a close look at Airbus’ new 97 tonne take-off weight A321neo, revealed in a world exclusive by… Read More

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Posted on October 28, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Irkut, Leeham Co., Leeham News and Comment, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce, Uncategorized

737, 737 MAX, A320, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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World’s dud airliners

Boom times leads to looming cash flow shortfall across OEMs

The challenges in bringing a new turboprop to market

New UTC CEO throws cold water on PW GTF growth

Assessment of Lessors in Airbus and Boeing backlogs, narrow- vs wide-body

Asian airline market: overheated, balanced or just some spot troubles?

Zhuhai Airshow: China’s aircraft industry is gaining speed

Zhuhai Airshow begins Tuesday: order announcements expected

Odds and Ends: C919 EIS in 2020, says consultant; Qantas goes on diet; BBD tables Russia; Swiss not Cseries launch operator

Part 3: Boeing 757 replacement: 757 and Airbus A321neoLR versus clean sheet designs.

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