July 23, 2018: More than 1,000 new orders and commitments were announced at the Farnborough Air Show last week, a final tally shows. The value was more than $128bn. Credit Suisse issued its post-air show note today with… Read More
Posted on July 23, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Alex Derber July 16, 2018, (c) Airfinance Journal: Day One of Farnborough 2018 belonged firmly to Boeing in terms of firm orders, although the US manufacturer saved up many of its largest announcements from deals done earlier in the… Read More
Posted on July 16, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription Required Introduction May 7, 2018, © Leeham News: Single aisle airliner production rates are on a track to hit 1,800 per year by 2022, a new analysis by LNC concludes. This is for aircraft of 100 seats… Read More
By Scott Hamilton March 27, 2018, © Leeham News, Bainbridge Island (WA): The unexpected US order to close the Russian Consulate in Seattle this week set off a media frenzy in this city because two reasons cited were… Read More
Posted on March 27, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi
737 MAX, 747-8, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, A320, Airbus, ARJ21, Boeing, C919, Comac, DC-9, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, Russia
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction February 12, 2018, © Leeham Co.: In the fourth article about the Chinese/Russian wide-body, CR929, we analyzed the engine selection for the aircraft. Now we continue with a first performance analysis of… Read More
Posted on February 12, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Feb. 5, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Two thousand seventeen is over and the numbers are in. Airbus continues to have a commanding lead over Boeing for single-aisle, neo v MAX backlog. Although Airbus got pounded by Boeing in… Read More
Posted on February 5, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Irkut, Pontifications
737 MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CS100, CS300, E190 E2, E195 E2, Embraer, Irkut
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 18, 2018, © Leeham Co.: In the first article about the Chinese/Russian widebody, the CR929, we described the route to a joint program company and the launch of the project. We… Read More
Posted on January 18, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction January 15, 2018, © Leeham Co.: The Chinese and Russian Widebody program started in earnest over the last year. After signing a joint venture agreement in 2016, the project now has a… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Jan. 8, 2018, © Leeham Co.: This is going to be a year of transformations. This might be viewed with puzzlement by some. After all, only minor-modification models will be entering service this year: the Airbus A350-1000, the… Read More
Posted on January 8, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airfinance Journal, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Leeham Co., Mitsubishi, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pontifications
737-7. 737-8, A321neo. a321neo Plus. 777X, Airbus, Airfinance Journal, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, New Midmarket Airplane, NMA. MOM, Southeast Aerospace and Defence Conference
June 15, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Leeham News and Comment is off to the Paris Air Show. Coverage will begin Sunday, with several events in advance of the show’s official opening Monday. We’ll be there through Thursday, with… Read More
Posted on June 15, 2017 by Scott Hamilton