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JetBlue orders 60 A220-300s in surprise timing

July 10, 2018, (c) Leeham News: JetBlue announced an order today for 60 Airbus A220-300s, nee Bombardier CS300s. The airline took options on 60 more. The timing is a surprise–JetBlue previously said it would not be ready to… Read More

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 Posted on July 10, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Pratt & Whitney

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Boeing, Embraer tie-up key to NMA development

Subscription Required Introduction July 9, 2018, © Leeham News: When Boeing and Embraer announced last week the Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture between Boeing and Embraer Commercial Airplanes, writers and analysts jumped on the bandwagon… Read More

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 Posted on July 9, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Premium

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Pontifications: C Series to Airbus, 10 years since program launch, lower fuel burn

July 2, 2018, © Leeham News: Airbus officially became the majority partner yesterday of the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership, or CSALP. Airbus has a 50.01% stake in the LP, with Bombardier and the province of Quebec holding… Read More

 34 Comments

 Posted on July 2, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Farnborough Air Show, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney

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Pontifications: Growing aerospace in the US Southeast

June 24, 2018, © Leeham News: We’re a week away from the partnership between Airbus and the Bombardier C Series program becoming effective. Beginning tomorrow, Leeham Co. and Airfinance Journal hold the Inaugural Southeast Aerospace & Defence Conference… Read More

 6 Comments

 Posted on June 25, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Delta Air Lines, Middle of the Market, New Midmarket Aircraft, Pontifications, Southeast Aerospace and Defense Conference, United Airlines

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Pontifications: Why Embraer downplayed range of EJet

June 18, 2018, © Leeham News: Bjorn Fehrm on Thursday wrote (behind the paywall) that Embraer seems to be selling the E190-E2 short when it comes to range. Embraer’s published range is 2,850nm. But Bjorn discovered that the… Read More

 54 Comments

 Posted on June 18, 2018 by

 Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, Pontifications

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Pontifications: Measured comments and “useful” information

March 5, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Nothing is as frustrating to a journalist as interview a great subject who doesn’t offer up anything especially useful. I had a brief sideline interview with one such person at the US… Read More

 31 Comments

 Posted on March 5, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Pontifications

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Pontifications: OEMs hike list prices

Feb. 26, 2018, © Leeham Co.:  I’m tardy in getting around to this topic, which I do annually, because of an unusually heavy travel schedule this year. The airframe manufacturers in January adjusted their list prices for airplanes…. Read More

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 Posted on February 26, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Pontifications

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Boeing displaces Airbus at Hawaiian, wins 787-9 deal; airline cancels A330-800 order

Feb. 20, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has displaced Airbus at Hawaiian Airlines, winning an order for 787-9s. Hawaiian canceled an order for six A330-800s, the only order on the books for this sub-type. An announcement could come… Read More

 277 Comments

 Posted on February 20, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, United Airlines

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No harm to Boeing, no threat to US aerospace, ITC finds

Feb,. 14, 2018: The US International Trade Commission’s 4-0 vote against Boeing in the Bombardier trade complaint last month found no harm was suffered by Boeing and no threat to the US aerospace industry occurred with the sale… Read More

 20 Comments

 Posted on February 14, 2018 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines

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Global Services won’t hurt airline tech ops, says Boeing official

Feb. 13, 2018, © Leeham Co.: A Boeing official today dismissed concerns that expanding Boeing Global Services, with additional controls on aftermarket support for commercial airplanes it builds, might negatively impact potential sales. Several airlines, including Delta, Singapore,… Read More

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 Posted on February 13, 2018 by

 Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

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