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C919, the Chinese challenger

Subscription Required. By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm May 01, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: The COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) C919 is expected to have its first flight this month, perhaps as early as this week. We review… Read More

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 Posted on May 1, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Comac, Premium

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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines, sum up

April 14, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We’ve been talking engines on Fridays since October 2016. The Corners covered several areas, from technologies to operations. And we could go on and dig deeper. But we will move on. Before we go,… Read More

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 Posted on April 14, 2017 by

 Bjorn's Corner, CFM, China, Comac, GE Aviation, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, United Aircraft, United Engine Corp.

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CDB Leasing aims for 500-600 aircraft portfolio

Subscription Required Introduction March 16, 2017, © Leeham Co.: China’s evolving commercial aerospace and aviation industry has high-profile companies such as AVIC and COMAC, and its expanding supplier based, combined with joint ventures with Western companies is well… Read More

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 Posted on March 16, 2017 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, ISTAT, Leasing, Lessors, Premium

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Analyst puts Sell on Boeing stock in unusally bearish report

Feb. 13, 2017, © Leeham Co.: In an extraordinarily bearish research note, boutique Buckingham Research Group (BRG) downgraded Boeing stock to Underperform (Sell) from Neutral (Hold) today. BRG, which agrees with other aerospace analysts that Boeing stock is… Read More

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 Posted on February 13, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac

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Assessing the future of COMAC programs

Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 6, 2017, © Leeham Co.: China’s effort to become a viable commercial aerospace alternative was filled with rocky fits and starts for its two signature airliner programs, the AVIC ARJ-21 and the COMAC C919…. Read More

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 Posted on February 6, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Premium, United Aircraft

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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan developments in 2017

January 06, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Before we finish of our series on airliner turbofan technology, let’s spend this Corner on what will happen on the airliner engine front during 2017. While there is no totally new engine that… Read More

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 Posted on January 6, 2017 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, CFM, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, GE Aviation, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, United Aircraft

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2017: the year ahead

Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 3, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The New Year is here and it doesn’t look like a good one for commercial aerospace, if measured against previous outstanding years. There are some troubling signs ahead, piling… Read More

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 Posted on January 3, 2017 by

 Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Etihad Airways, Farnborough Air Show, GE Aviation, Irkut, Leeham News and Comment, Middle of the Market, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi

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US, EU ignore Chinese, Russian subsidies

Nov. 15, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Government subsidies to commercial aircraft companies appear to be increasing despite the 12-year disputes before the World Trade Organization between Europe and the US over Airbus and Boeing aid. Yet the US… Read More

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 Posted on November 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Lessors, Sukhoi, United Aircraft

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Less desirable aircraft for lessors

Subscription Required Introduction Part 3: Oct. 24, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Lessors select aircraft to add to their portfolios based on several basic criteria: Is it a good airplane? How are the economics? Is there, or will there… Read More

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 Posted on October 24, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Lessors, Mitsubishi, Premium, Sukhoi

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Bjorn’s Corner: The Engine challenge

  October 21, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our Corners on East bloc aeronautical industries, we could see that the hardest part to master in a new civilian airliner is the engine. Both new airliners from Russia and… Read More

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 Posted on October 21, 2016 by

 Bjorn's Corner, CFM, China, Comac, United Aircraft, United Engine Corp.

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