Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- Hopes for 1Q financial progress turns into bumpy ride for Boeing April 21, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 18. April 18, 2025
- Natilus: Composite BWB, entry-into-service by 2029, 570 on order April 17, 2025
- China bans Boeing, US parts imports in tariff war April 15, 2025
- Boeing welcomes COMAC competition as Asia-Pacific demand soars April 15, 2025
Odds and Ends: More on 100-149 seat jet market; aircraft op cost comparisons; Super Guppy
100-149 Seat Market: AirInsight has more on its study of the 100-149 Seat Market analysis and why it will be turbulent in the next five years. Cost Comparisons: Aspire Aviation has a long article on the Cathay Pacific… Read More
Posted on August 13, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Preparing market for 3-5 mo delay on CSeries; Air Canada fleet plans
Bombardier: On its earnings call. the company is preparing the market for a 3-5 month delay on the first flight of the CSeries. We’ve been estimating 3-6 months. Air Canada: Here’s an interesting item. Air Canada is pondering… Read More
Posted on August 10, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
100-149 seat market isn’t ‘Bermuda Triangle’ for the right airplanes
A new study released today by AirInsight concludes the oft-maligned 100-149 seat market is viable, and not a ‘Bermuda Triangle,’ if the right airplane is developed to compete within it. We’re a co-author of the study, Market Analysis… Read More
Posted on August 10, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Future materials: aluminum lithium, standard metals or composities
The Farnborough Air Show isn’t just about orders, though these get all the sex and headlines. While we weren’t at the show, we had a telephone interview with a company called Constellium, previously known as Alcan. Constellium spoke… Read More
Posted on July 10, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut
737MAX, 777X, A320NEO, Boeing, Bombardier, Constellium, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, MRJ, MS-21
Odds and Ends: Airbus-Mobile, con’t; final Farnborough update
Airbus in Mobile: We doubt Boeing is really Sleepless in Seattle but this piece is pretty amusing. Take that, Part 1: Boeing continues to whine about WTO. Take that, Part 2: So’s your Old Man. Here are a… Read More
Posted on July 4, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer
777X, 787-10, 90-seat turbo-prop, A330-300, A350, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, John Leahy, Ray Conner
Farnborough Air Show preview
Overview This is really expected to be a boring show from the perspective of orders. Airbus has been downplaying expectations following last year’s Paris Air Show blow-out of more than 1,200 A320neo orders. How can you match that?… Read More
Posted on June 26, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: China trojans; China is the biggest threat; EADS ponders own bank
China trojans: we’re not talking about condoms, either. This item from Defense Tech is pretty alarming. And while this piece is also pretty alarming, though it isn’t about China. Or maybe it is. The chips are made by… Read More
Posted on June 1, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
ISTAT Part 2: BBD, EMB, Sukhoi, ATR
Chet Fuller, SVP Commercial, Bombardier Luiz Chiessi, Director of Marketing Strategy of Embraer Mark Neeley, VP-Marketing, ATR John Buckley, VP Business Development, Sukhoi Superjet International Fuller CSeries weight validated and will be on spec at EIS. Aluminum Lithium… Read More
Posted on March 19, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Republic’s Bryan Bedford emulates U-Turn Al
The CEO of Republic Airways Holdings seems to be vying to be America’s version of U-Turn Al, Akbar Al-Baker, the CEO of Qatar Airways. Bedford appears to be engaged in a campaign to raise questions about the Bombardier… Read More
Posted on March 15, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney
737-700, 747-8F, 787, A319, A319neo, A320NEO, A350, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Bryan Bedford, Cargolux, CFM, CSeries, E-190, E-195, Embraer, GTF, LEAP, Pratt & Whitney, Qatar Airways, Republic Airways, U-Turn Al
Another example of a toothless WTO
As long-time readers of this column know, we have utter disdain for the World Trade Organization and its review of international competitive practices, such as the cases of Airbus and Boeing subsidies. Here is another example of why… Read More
Posted on March 13, 2012 by Scott Hamilton