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Leeham News and Analysis
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Boeing targets Bombardier for “dumping” CSeries in US
April 27, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The Boeing Co. late today filed a petition with the US government, charging Bombardier with “dumping” the CSeries in its deal last year with Delta Air Lines for 75+50 CS100s. Delta can convert… Read More
Posted on April 27, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
CSeries wrapping up London City certification
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction March 27, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier (BBD) CSeries did the last flights of a six-month London City Airport certification last week. The CS100, when certified for London City, will more than… Read More
Posted on March 27, 2017 by Bjorn Fehrm
Assessing the SSJ100 future
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 20, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Sukhoi is Russia’s attempt at reentering the commercial airliner business. The SSJ100 regional jet is, by most accounts, an attractive SSJ100 in CityJet colors. CityJet is one of two… Read More
Posted on February 20, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier, China, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium, Sukhoi
Bombardier, C929, China, CRJ900, CS100, E175 E2, E175-E1, E190 E2, E190-E1, Embraer, Mitsubishi, MRJ70. MRJ90, SSJ100, SSJ130, Sukhoi
Assessing Bombardier commercial programs
Subscription Introduction Jan. 30, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier hopes to land a major, blue-chip order for its CSeries this year but otherwise isn’t counting on significant orders for its flagship airliner. Officials don’t have available delivery slots… Read More
Posted on January 30, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
CSeries out of London City Airport, Part 2. UPDATED 2017.01.24
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction This article, which was published on the 14 November, has been updated with new information from Bombardier. The range of the CS100 from London City airport has increased due to improved performance from… Read More
Posted on November 14, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Flying the CSeries
By Bjorn Fehrm November 09, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: After my preparations at Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal, it was time to take an early flight to BBD’s test center in Wichita (KS) the next day. We spent the afternoon… Read More
Posted on November 9, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
CSeries out of London City Airport
Subscription required. Introduction By Bjorn Fehrm November 07, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: When we visited Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal recently, we learned new information about how the CSeries would operate from London City Airport. This unique airport served 4.3m… Read More
Posted on November 7, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Bjorn’s Corner: A good in-service start for CSeries
August 26, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier’s CSeries appears to have a good start in airline operations following its show-and-tell at the Farnborough Air Show in July. The first CS100 entered service with launch customer SWISS International Airlines shortly after… Read More
Posted on August 26, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Pontifications: Mitsubishi ramping up flight testing for MRJ
Aug. 15, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MAC) is about to dramatically ramp up its flight testing of the MRJ-90. Media has been alerted to an all-day event next month, complete with a tour of the… Read More
Posted on August 15, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Interview with Rob Dewar: CSeries in service reliability
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 21July 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier”s CSeries project has passed one hurdle after another during its development. The last one was the lack of Marquee customers on top of launch customer SWISS…. Read More
Posted on July 21, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm