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- Safran raises full-year guidance on record LEAP output and booming engine aftermarket
- Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 13. Preliminary Design Review, PDR.
- MTU Aero Engines revenue and earnings up sharply amid strong OEM business
- Airbus’ A321neo, A321LR or A321XLR?
Pontifications: From the sidelines of the ISTAT conference, Notes #2
March 13, 2015: More Notes from the sidelines at the ISTAT conference this week in Phoenix. Boeing 777 production rates and advancing schedule Randy Tinseth, Boeing VP-Marketing, predictably stuck to Boeing messaging Monday at the ISTAT conference when… Read More
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Posted on March 13, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
ISTAT: Bombardier vs Embraer: unsurprisingly, differing views
March 9, 2015: Ross Mitchell, vice president of business development, Bombardier, and John Slattery, chief commercial officer for Embraer, squared off today at the ISTAT conference. Below is a paraphrased summary of their panel discussion.
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Posted on March 9, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
CS300 first flight Wednesday, direct challenge to 737-7 and A319neo
Feb. 25, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Bombardier’s direct challenge to the Big Two duopoly in the 125-149 seat sector is scheduled for its first flight Wednesday, weather and gremlins permitting. The CS300, challenger to the A319neo and 737-7,… Read More
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Posted on February 25, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Is next airliner a single or dual aisle?
By Bjorn Fehrm 19 Feb 2015: There has been much speculation over the last weeks and months what Boeing is up to in the segment 200 to 250 seats, also know as the “757 replacement market“. The speculations over Airbus… Read More
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Posted on February 19, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Bombardier’s crisis of confidence perhaps the biggest challenge for CSeries
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 18, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: Alain Bellemare, Bombardier’s new president and chief executive officer, has his work cut out for him. Figure 1. The CSeries was supposed to enter service in late 2013, two… Read More
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Posted on February 18, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Regional operations with the Turboprop, propjet or Jet; Part 2.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 15 Feb 2015:Â In Part 1 of this article series we started comparing the alternatives available for turboprop short haul services in the 70 seat segment; ATR72-600 and Bombardier Q400. We also included… Read More
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Posted on February 15, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Here’s why Boeing won’t do a “757 MAX”
Feb. 12, 2015, c. 2015 Leeham News and Comment: Boeing appeared to put to bed once and for all any prospect of reviving the 757 to fill a product gap between the 737-9 and the 787-8. Randy Tinseth,… Read More
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Posted on February 12, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Embraer, GE Aviation, Mitsubishi, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce
737 MAX, 737NG, 747-8, 757, 757 MAX, A320NEO, A321LR, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GE Aviation, Irkut, MC-21, Mitsu, MRJ90, Pratt & Whitney, Randy Tinseth, Rolls-Royce, United Technologies
PNAA Conference: EMB’s John Slattery: Market share from deliveries key in measuring success
Quotations are paraphrased. Feb. 11, 2015: You can market share from sales. We don’t make revenues from sales but from deliveries, says John Slattery, chief commercial officer for Embraer. EMB dominates in deliveries, he said at the Pacific… Read More
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Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
PNAA Conference: Aboulafia–“A lot of positivity” (except for A380, 787)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Boeing is considering restarting and re-engining the 757 in response to the Airbus A321LR. Feb. 11, 2015: We’re at the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance conference in Lynnwood (WA) north of Seattle. This… Read More
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Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Tomorrow’s Bombardier earnings call: trying to be upbeat in the midst of a tornado
Subscription Required. Introduction As the market prepares for Bombardier’s 2014 year end earnings call tomorrow, CEO Pierre Beaudoin has his work cut out for him to restore confidence among the airlines and lessors who have ordered the CSeries… Read More
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Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott Hamilton