Oct. 26, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier and Airbus put a positive face on the former’s acquisition of 50.01% of the CSeries program, but Moody’s credit rating service wasn’t impressed. The agency downgraded Bombardier’s already poor credit rating… Read More
Posted on October 26, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi
Airbus, Bombardier, CRJ, CSeries, E175 E2, E175-E1, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Moody's, MRJ70, MRJ90, Q400
Subscription Required Introduction Oct. 23, 2017, © Leeham Co.: With the tie-up announced last Monday between Airbus and Bombardier for the CSeries, speculation immediately turned to whether Boeing and Embraer will join forces in some fashion in response…. Read More
Posted on October 23, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
Sept. 28, 2017, © Leeham Co., Grapevine (TX): American Airlines would like to decide within six months what it will do with its order for 22 Airbus A350-900s, a left-over deal from US Airways before the latter acquired… Read More
Posted on September 28, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction May 11, 2017, © Leeham Co.: In the first article about the US regional aircraft market, we described the special rules that apply for outsourced regional airlines, operating for a mainline carrier. The… Read More
Posted on May 11, 2017 by Bjorn Fehrm
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 20, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Sukhoi is Russia’s attempt at reentering the commercial airliner business. The SSJ100 regional jet is, by most accounts, an attractive SSJ100 in CityJet colors. CityJet is one of two… Read More
Posted on February 20, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier, China, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium, Sukhoi
Bombardier, C929, China, CRJ900, CS100, E175 E2, E175-E1, E190 E2, E190-E1, Embraer, Mitsubishi, MRJ70. MRJ90, SSJ100, SSJ130, Sukhoi
Subscription Introduction Jan. 30, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier hopes to land a major, blue-chip order for its CSeries this year but otherwise isn’t counting on significant orders for its flagship airliner. Officials don’t have available delivery slots… Read More
Posted on January 30, 2017 by Scott Hamilton
Nov. 22, 2016: UBS resumed coverage on Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) today, rating the stock a Sell. It is the only Sell rating among seven analysts previously covering the company; six are Buys and one is Hold. UBS rated… Read More
Posted on November 22, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction October 16, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: “Scope clauses stop aircraft development.” The words are those of Rodrigo de Souza, Marketing manager of Embraer Commercial Aircraft when we spoke at the sidelines of… Read More
Posted on October 17, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
July 11, 2016, © Leeham Co., Farnborough Air Show: The war of words between Airbus and Boeing is legendary, and it continued unabated today, the first day of the Farnborough Air Show. See my column in Forbes for… Read More
Posted on July 11, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
E190-E2 is now Airborne #E2firstflight pic.twitter.com/iohoSUKZET
— Embraer (@embraer) May 23, 2016
May 24, 2016: Embraer’s E190-E2 had its first flight yesterday, several months ahead of the internal schedule (original plan was September) making it the only new airplane program in recent history to be significantly ahead. Boeing’s 737 MAX… Read More
Posted on May 24, 2016 by Scott Hamilton