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Leeham News and Analysis
- Hopes for 1Q financial progress turns into bumpy ride for Boeing April 21, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 18. April 18, 2025
- Natilus: Composite BWB, entry-into-service by 2029, 570 on order April 17, 2025
- China bans Boeing, US parts imports in tariff war April 15, 2025
- Boeing welcomes COMAC competition as Asia-Pacific demand soars April 15, 2025
Embraer CEO sees opportunity for 100-seaters in USA
Part 1 Sept. 9, 2015, © Leeham Co.: The chief executive officer of Embraer’s commercial aircraft unit believes a trend might be emerging for US major airlines to directly operate 100- and plus-100 seat aircraft (and below the… Read More
Posted on September 9, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier snares Lufthansa’s Nico Buchholz
Bombardier scored a major executive coup with the appointment of Nico Buchholz as Chief of Procurement for the entire company. Buchholz was Executive VP Group Fleet Management for Lufthansa Airlines and Group, with various fleet management titles, since… Read More
Posted on September 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
C Series: challenges ahead
Subscription Required Introduction Bombardier CS300 (L) and CS100 (R). Click on image to enlarge. Photo via Google images. Aug. 10, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. Bombardier came away from the Paris Air Show with positive reviews after finally displaying… Read More
Posted on August 10, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Mid-Year pause: warning signs for Airbus and Boeing?
Subscription required. Introduction July 9, 2015, © Leeham Co. At the half way point of 2015, there are a number of signs emerging that require some interpretation. Some are signs of caution. Others are Go Slow. Summary China’s… Read More
Embraer CEO talks about risks
Subscription Required Introduction Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar Silva. Photo: AINOnline via Google Images. June 22, 2015, Paris Air Show, © Leeham Co. Embraer has emerged as the#3 commercial aircraft producer over the years, behind Airbus and Boeing and… Read More
Posted on June 22, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
CSeries range even better than Bombardier revealed
June 16, 2015, Paris Air Show: Bombardier yesterday detailed the performance figures of its new CS100 and CS300 mainline jets, revealing more detailed numbers than it disclosed Sunday during a preview. We have looked at these numbers and found that even… Read More
Posted on June 16, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier makes it official: CSeries exceeds advertised numbers
Ross Mitchell, VP of Business Acquisitions, Bombardier, discusses cabin modularity and flexibility for the CSeries at the 2015 Paris Air Show. June 14, 2015, Paris Air Show: Bombardier made it official today, the pre-event of the opening of… Read More
Posted on June 14, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
737-7, 737-700, A319, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Colin Bole, CRJ, CS100, CS300, CS500, Fred Cromer, Q400, Ross Mitchell
Bombardier ‘transformation initiative’ goes after costs across the enterprise, supply chain
June 8, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Bombardier suppliers, already squeezed by Airbus and Boeing to cut costs and prices, will soon face a new effort from Bombardier to do the same. The new chief executive officer, Alain Bellemare, last… Read More
Posted on June 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney
737, 777, A319, A320, Airbus, Alain Bellemare, Boeing, Bombardier, CS100, CS300, CS500, CSeries, E-190, Embraer, Global 7000, Global 8000, Henri Coupron, IATA, International Air Transport Assn., John Leahy, Lear 85, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies
Paris Air Show: Bombardier
Subscription Required. Introduction March 17, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: Bombardier and air shows just don’t get along. In 2009, there was wide anticipation at the Paris Air Show that BBD would announce a deal with Qatar Airways for… Read More
Posted on May 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Wizz could be first face-off of 737 MAX 200 vs “A320neo 195”
April 13, 2015: A campaign that began last year between Airbus and Boeing for a large order of 100 airplanes at Europe’s Low Cost Carrier, Wizz Air, could be the first face off between the “A320neo 195” (our… Read More
Posted on April 13, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Mitsubishi
737 MAX, 737 MAX 200, 747-8, 777X, 787, A320neo 195, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Casey Stengel, CS100, CS300, CSeries, GAO, Government Accounting Office, Ilyushin Finance Co, KC-46A, Mitsubishi, MRJ90, New York Mets, New York Yankees, P-8A, Wizz Air