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Leeham News and Analysis
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“We need more than one family,” says Embraer COO
Subscription required. Now open to all Readers. (Nov. 29, 2014) Introduction Oct. 15, 2014: Embraer had the opportunity to design a clean-sheet airplane as a successor to the E-Jet to respond to the Bombardier CSeries, with the 100-110… Read More
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Posted on October 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney
Airbus, ATR, ATR 42, ATR-72, Boeing, Bombardier, E-175, E-190, E-195, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, Luis Carlos Affonso
Assessing the 100-149 Seat Sector
Introduction Oct. 12, 2014, (c) Leeham Co.: The 100-149 seat market sector has long been criticized as irrelevant because of a string of poor-selling aircraft. Boeing officials even labeled this a Bermuda Triangle. The critics fail to recognize,… Read More
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Posted on October 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer
727-100, 737 Classic, 737-200, 737-600, 737-7, 737-700, A318, A319ceo, A319neo, Airbus, B717, BAC-111, BAe-146, Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, British Aircraft Corp., CS-100, CS-300, CSeries, DC-9, E-195, E-195 E2, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, F-100, Fokker, MD-80, MD-95
New and Derivative Airplanes: Some good, some not: Part 2
Part 2 of two parts. With multiples and multiples of billions of dollars at stake to develop new airplanes, and the billions of dollars of cost overruns at risk, it’s understandable the Airbus and Boeing are shifting to… Read More
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Posted on October 7, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
New and Derivative airplanes: Some good, some not; Part 1
First of two parts. Earlier this year, Airbus officials said they will concentrate on improving existing airplanes once the A350 enters service. Boeing followed by saying it would not take any “moonshots” and develop new airplanes, at least… Read More
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Posted on October 6, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Assessing the 70-90 seat regional jet sector
Introduction Major orders last week for Bombardier and Mitsubishi and the release of the Airbus Global Market Forecast provide an opportunity to look at market segments that don’t get a lot of attention in the shadow of the… Read More
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Posted on October 5, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Embraer and Bombardier: the tale of different companies, histories and fortunes
Last month we did a situational analysis of Boeing and Airbus and we promised to do the same for Embraer and Bombardier. Our follow-up article took longer than planned, as we wanted to include the rather significant changes… Read More
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Posted on September 15, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm
Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney
Bombardier, Comac, CRJ, CSeries, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GE, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, Q400
Focus on Bombardier after more executive changes
This report has been updated since it was issued to our E-subscribers last Monday to reflect our new estimate of the return to airborne status for the flight test program. Bombardier two weeks ago made more executive changes… Read More
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Posted on August 31, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Order bubble, revisited; MRJ lands JAL; MH370
What order bubble, Revisited: We recently asked the question, What order bubble? The orders don’t stop coming. Boeing landed a big fish with a large order from BOC Aviation, bringing net orders to 918–easily on the path to… Read More
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Posted on August 28, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
After-market support becoming key to winning engine orders
Maintenance and power-by-the-hour parts and support contracts are increasingly becoming the deciding factor in deciding which engines and which airplanes will be ordered—it’s no longer a matter of engine price or even operating costs, customers of Airbus and… Read More
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Posted on August 25, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce
737 MAX, 737NG, 747-400, 767, 777, 777-200LR, 777-300ER, 777X, 787, A320ceo, A320NEO, A330ceo, A330neo, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, C919, CF34, CFM, CFM 56, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, Frontier Airlines, GE Aviation, GECAS, GEnx, GTF, Irkut, LEAP, Lufthansa Airlines, MC-21, Mitsubishi, MRJ, Pratt & Whitney, Republic Airways Holdings, Rolls-Royce
Bombardier woes go beyond CSeries
The news last week that Bombardier reorganized its business units, laid off another 1,800 employees and saw the retirement of Guy Hachey, president and CEO of the aerospace division, was viewed by some media and observers as an… Read More
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Posted on July 28, 2014 by Scott Hamilton