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Bombardier CSeries program update
Bombardier’s investors day last week covered a lot of ground across its entire business line, including rail, corporate aircraft, as well as commercial aerospace. The area of most interest, of course, is on the CSeries, the all-new aircraft… Read More
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Posted on March 24, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Boeing’s bonus to Charleston workers; E-Jet E2 EIS; IAM and Airbus; Fending off A330neo
Boeing’s bonus to Charleston workers: We’ve ignored the continuing workmanship stories of Boeing’s Charleston plant on the 787 for the past months as Norwegian Air Shuttle, LOT and Air India continue to have problems with the airplane. We… Read More
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Posted on February 21, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: LEAP vs GTF; CSeries flight testing; MRJ FAL
LEAP vs GTF: Reuters has a story looking at the intense competition between CFM and Pratt & Whitney for the market dominance of the LEAP vs Geared Turbo Fan engines. The only airplane where there is competition is… Read More
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Posted on February 18, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney
737MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CFM International, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet E2, Embraer, Geared Turbo Fan, GTF, International Aero Engines, Irkut, LEAP, MC-21, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi MRJ, MRJ, Pratt & Whitney
Odds and Ends: A350 state loan; Bridging 777 Classic sales; Embraer nabs E2 order; IAM chief speaks out
A350 Loan: The Wall Street Journal reports that Airbus and Germany ended talks about a state loan for the A350 program. Good. Airbus doesn’t need the loan and “divorcing” from state aid frees Airbus to make decisions for… Read More
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Posted on February 13, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Irkut, YAK
747-8F, 777, 777 Classic, 777X, A350, A380, Air Costa, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, E-190 E2, E-195 E-2, E-Jet E1, E-Jet E2, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machiniists, Irkut, MC-21, Richard Aboulafia, Tom Buffenbarger, Yak-242
Filling the production gap at three OEMs
HawksWinHawksWinHawksWin!!! Airbus, Boeing and Embraer face production gaps of several years in three key product lines. Two of these, Boeing and Embraer, relate to transitions from current generation airplanes to new derivatives. Airbus faces a large gap for… Read More
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Posted on February 3, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer
737 MAX, 737NG, 777 Classic, 777X, A320ceo, A320NEO, A330, A330 Regional, A330neo, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet E1, E-Jet E2, Embraer
Odds and Ends: A350-800 stretch; Mixed results on P-8A; BBD takes hit; Hot seat
A350-800 Stretch: The idea of an A350-800 stretch, to around 300 seats, was floated at the Airbus annual press conference January 13. This doesn’t make a lot of sense to us. This would put the airplane almost on… Read More
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Posted on January 24, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Vote for the Top Commercial Aviation stories of 2013
This is self-explanatory. We’ll publish the results December 31. Feel free to nominate other stories in Reader Comments.
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Posted on December 23, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, US Airways
777X, 777X site selection, 787, 787 grounding, 787-10, A350 XWB, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet E2, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machiniists
Assessing the Air Canada 737 order: factors that likely played a role
How did Boeing win the Air Canada mainline 150-200 seat jet order when only a couple of weeks ago Flight Global reported the Airbus won the deal? We, too, heard that Airbus seemed to be the favorite, but… Read More
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Posted on December 11, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
Embraer E-Jets in focus
Embraer reported its third quarter earnings October 31 and disappointed the market with results that missed targets, resulting in a share price decline and some downgrades by analysts. Fewer commercial E-Jets and business jets were delivered than expected… Read More
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Posted on November 15, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
CFM LEAP accelerating in test program; Airbus and the A350-800
Aviation Week has a long, detailed story about the test program for the CFM LEAP engine, which is accelerating rapidly. In its 737 MAX program update yesterday, Boeing said the LEAP-1B has begun testing and it will benefit… Read More
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Posted on October 30, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, US Airways, YAK
737 MAX, A320NEO, A350, A350-800, A350-900, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, C919, CFM, Comac, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GTF, Hawaiian Airlines, Irkut, LEAP, MC-21, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi MRJ, Pratt & Whitney, Pure Power, US Airways, YAK, Yak-242