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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 5. January 17, 2025
- What’s the future of the Boeing 787-8? January 16, 2025
- FAA understaffing affects air operations oversight; NTSB falls short, too January 13, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 4. January 10, 2025
- The market is ready for a 787F. But is Boeing? January 9, 2025
Pontifications: Melancholy about Embraer’s 50th year
June 10, 2019, © Leeham News: Embraer is 50 years old Aug. 19. This must be the classic case of mixed feelings. By the end of the year, if regulators approve, the marquis business unit, Commercial Aviation, will… Read More
Posted on June 10, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Mitsubish renaming, revamping MRJ, considers US production line: Nikkei Asia news
Updated, 3pm Brazil time, with Bombardier statement and additional response from Embraer. May 29, 2019, © Leeham News, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil: Mitsubishi is changing the name of its MRJ jet, revamping the smallest version and considering… Read More
Posted on May 29, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: By accident of timing, convergence of events, Mitsubishi is now well positioned to become major RJ player
May 13, 2019, © Leeham News: The regional jetliner industry is on the cusp of a major shift. Bombardier is exiting commercial aviation. The company already is under contract to sell the Q400. It’s CRJ program is for… Read More
Posted on May 13, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications, Sukhoi
ARJ-21, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CRJ, E-Jet, Embraer, MITAC, Mitsubishi, MRJ, SSJ100, Sukhoi
The decline and fall of Bombardier
Subscription Required Introduction May 6, 2019, © Leeham News: Bombardier was once the leader in providing regional airliners to the industry. Today, it’s all but exited the industry. With the announcement that its Belfast manufacturing facility and a… Read More
Posted on May 6, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Pontificatons: From the sidelines at the AFJ Dublin conference
Jan. 28, 2019, © Leeham News: Launch by Boeing of the New Midmarket Aircraft (NMA) is pretty much a given, despite a still undecided business case, say people on the sidelines of the Airfinance Journal’s Dublin 2019… Read More
Posted on January 28, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
2019 Outlook: Will Bombardier exit Commercial aircraft?
Subscription Required Introduction December 27, 2018, © Leeham News.: In July the CSeries changed from Bombardier to Airbus and in November the Q400 program was sold to Viking Air, the buyer of de Havilland Canada aircraft from Bombardier… Read More
Posted on December 27, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
Pontifications: Nordic quietly rises to #4 world lessor
Dec. 10, 2018, © Leeham News: In the world of commercial aviation, GECAS, Avolon, AerCap, Air Lease Corp and BOC Aviation are among the most recognizable names of lessors. These companies make headlines with large orders of Airbus… Read More
Posted on December 10, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Writing had been on the wall for years for Q400 sale; CRJ is next
Nov. 12, 2018, © Leeham News: The writing had really been on the wall for the past few years, regardless what the corporate line was: Bombardier was one day going to sell the Q400 program or shut it… Read More
Posted on November 12, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications
A220, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ900, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E175, E175 E2, EJet, Embraer, MRJ, MRJ70, MRJ90, SkyWest Airlines, Trans States Airlines, United Airlines, US Scope Clause
Bombardier squeezed by ATR, Embraer, Mitsubishi
Subscription Required Now open to all Readers. Introduction Oct. 22, 2018, © Leeham News: Bombardier has a firm backlog of 67 Q400 turboprops. ATR has a backlog of 256 through Oct. 20, according to the Airfinance Journal Fleet… Read More
Posted on October 22, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi
Airbus, ATR, ATR 42, ATR-72, Bombardier, CRJ, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, MRJ70, MRJ90, Q400
Farnborough Air Show: No NMA, unlikely A321 Plus, no Boeing-EMB tie up
Subscription Required Introduction June 25, 2018, © Leeham News: Little in the way of excitement is expected at the Farnborough Air Show next month. There won’t be any launch of the oft-talked about Boeing New Midmarket Aircraft (NMA,… Read More
Posted on June 25, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
