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Odds and Ends: Storm Warnings; Boeing photos now available to everyone; CSeries; Movin’ on up
Nov. 26, 2014:Storm Warnings: We’ve made references in recent posts about airlines on our “Storm Warning Flag” list. In 2013, we compiled the Top Customers for Single-Aisle and Twin-Aisle Airplanes for Airbus and Boeing. Here’s our 2013 Storm… Read More
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Posted on November 25, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Interview: CSeries program update with Bombardier’s program chief Dewar
Subscription required. Now open to all Readers. By Bjorn Fehrm and Scott Hamilton Introduction Nov. 24, 2014: Bombardier CSeries flight testing has now passed 500 flight hours, and with the addition of Flight Test Vehicle 5 to the… Read More
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Posted on November 24, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
A320 v 737: the sales winner is….
It’s one of the bitterest rivalries in the industrialized world: Airbus vs Boeing. Despite being world-class companies, executives at each often snipe at each other’s airplanes, claiming superiority in economics and passenger appeal. Like lawyers arguing a court… Read More
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Odds and Ends: Goldman Sachs on CSeries; Embraer in China; A350 gets FAA certification;
CSeries: Bombardier presented to the Goldman Sachs Industrial conference this week. Goldman’s take: CSeries test flight: BBD believes it can achieve the significant acceleration in flight test hours per month required to get to EIS because more aircraft… Read More
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Posted on November 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Zhuhai Airshow begins Tuesday: order announcements expected
The Zhuhai Air Show begins next Tuesday and a visit by President Obama to Beijing for a regional summit starts on the last day of the show, Nov. 16. Accordingly, we expect at least some orders to be… Read More
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Posted on November 4, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Republic Air once again raises doubts about CSeries order, on eve of BBD’s 3Q earnings call
Republic Airways Holdings, a launch customer for the Bombardier CSeries with 40 orders and 40 options for the CS300–the order that prompted Airbus to proceed with the A320neo program, which itself forced Boeing into the 737 MAX–once again… Read More
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Posted on October 30, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Part 3: Boeing 757 replacement: 757 and Airbus A321neoLR versus clean sheet designs.
Subscription required. By Bjorn Fehrm Part 3 of 3 Introduction In Part 2 of our three-part 757 Replacement analysis, we took a close look at Airbus’ new 97 tonne take-off weight A321neo, revealed in a world exclusive by… Read More
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Posted on October 28, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm
CASM Paradigm: Lower Seat Mile Cost or Higher Yield; Evaluating the GOL competition
Subscription Required Introduction As Brazil’s budget airline GOL reportedly evaluates whether to acquire 20 Boeing 737-7s or Embraer E-195 E2s, the principal of the “CASM Paradigm” is a concept worth examining. This head-to-head evaluation of the E-195 E2… Read More
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Posted on October 26, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
E-Jet, the project that shaped Embraer
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction In a recent visit to Embraer in Brazil we got a thorough brief on the background and decision making around the E-Jet and E-Jet E2 programs. We have written about these programs before but… Read More
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Posted on October 20, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm
Odds and Ends: 787 donation; Alenia sues Bombardier over CSeries; 2016 777 delivery slots opening up
787 donation: The Boeing Co. handed over 787 test airplane #3 (ZA003) to the Museum of Flight Saturday in an elaborate ceremony marking an unprecedented donation of a modern airliner to an aviation museum. To be sure, the… Read More
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Posted on November 9, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
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