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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

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

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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

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer

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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

 22 Comments

 Posted on November 3, 2014 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac

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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

 5 Comments

 Posted on October 28, 2014 by

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

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Leeham News launches Premium plan, companion to free content; engineer joins staff

Free content. Leeham News and Comment (LNC) today launched a Premium subscription plan as a companion to free content. LNC has provided news and commentary since February 2008, providing industry-leading information and insightful analysis, principally focuses on Airbus,… Read More

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 Posted on October 14, 2014 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi

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New and Derivative airplanes: Some good, some not; Part 1

First of two parts. Earlier this year, Airbus officials said they will concentrate on improving existing airplanes once the A350 enters service. Boeing followed by saying it would not take any “moonshots” and develop new airplanes, at least… Read More

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 Posted on October 6, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi

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Assessing the 70-90 seat regional jet sector

Introduction Major orders last week for Bombardier and Mitsubishi and the release of the Airbus Global Market Forecast provide an opportunity to look at market segments that don’t get a lot of attention in the shadow of the… Read More

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 Posted on October 5, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi

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Embraer and Bombardier: the tale of different companies, histories and fortunes

Last month we did a situational analysis of Boeing and Airbus and we promised to do the same for Embraer and Bombardier. Our follow-up article took longer than planned, as we wanted to include the rather significant changes… Read More

 25 Comments

 Posted on September 15, 2014 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney

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Odds and Ends: Air France/KLM trims cargo fleet; ExIm Bank countdown; BBD v EMB; More

Air France-KLM trims cargo fleet: Steve Wilhelm of The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that Air France-KLM group is sharply trimming its cargo fleet, with the company declaring the capacity continues to shift to the belly capacity of… Read More

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 Posted on September 8, 2014 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer

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Odds and Ends: Russian MC-21 subsidy; C919 assessment; ExIm countdown

Two news items popped up today on emerging aircraft. MC-21 subsidy: Government subsidies for commercial aircraft development have been a sore point between the US and Europe (i.e., Boeing and Airbus) for decades. Although the US and Europe… Read More

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 Posted on August 27, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Comac, Irkut

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