Subscription Required Introduction April 14, 2015: Several airlines operate the Boeing 757 across the Atlantic on “thin” routes but sometimes have to do refueling tech stops when high westerly winds occur. The 757s are aging, with engine maintenance,… Read More
FedEx orders 50+50 767-300Fs (but no 777Fs)
FedEx today announced an order for 50+50 Boeing 767-300ERFs. We previewed this prospect July 8. But there were no Boeing 777Fs involved, as we reported there “perhaps” might be. FedEx, which also operates the 777F, deferred orders for… Read More
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Posted on July 21, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing, Leeham News and Comment
767-300ERF, 777F, Boeing, FedEx
Boeing in line for large freighter order
July 8, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing may be close to a large cargo airplane deal that could solve several near-term problems, Leeham News and Comment has learned. It’s not the 747-8F and the 777F may play only a… Read More
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Posted on July 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
767-300F, 777F, A300-600, Airbus, Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, FedEx, Jim McNerney, MD-10, MD-11
Aviation Partners Boeing: next step–scimitar for 757, 767
Subscription Required Introduction April 14, 2015: Several airlines operate the Boeing 757 across the Atlantic on “thin” routes but sometimes have to do refueling tech stops when high westerly winds occur. The 757s are aging, with engine maintenance,… Read More
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Posted on April 14, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Aviation Partners Boeing, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce
757, 767-200ER, 767-300ER, 767-300F, Aviation Partners Boeing, Boeing, FedEx, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, United Airlines
Odds and Ends: CS300 first flight delayed; PW GTF; Boeing enters MidEast fray
CS300 first flight delayed: When Bombardier says it’s too cold for the CS300 first flight, you know it’s cold up in Montreal. It’s -21C at Mirabel (-6F) and partly cloudy, but that was too cold for the guests,… Read More
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Posted on February 26, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney
A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, CFM, FedEx, Geared Turbo Fan, GTF, JetBlue, LEAP-1A, Middle Eastern airlines, Pratt & Whitney, Pure Power
Airbus, Boeing freighter demand forecasts optimistic, says P2F company
Special to Leeham News By Cliff Duke LCF Freighter Conversions I have mapped out below the last five years of OEM forecasts (Boeing World Air Cargo Forecasts and Airbus Global Market Forecast data) on widebody conversions calibrated against… Read More
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Posted on November 6, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
747-400F, 777-200BCF, 777-200ER, 777-300, 777F, A330, A330-200F, Airbus, Boeing, FedEx, LCF Conversions, MD-11, P2F conversions, Passenger-to-freighter conversions, UPS
Boeing cargo forecast: 540 new 777F, 747-8F category deliveries over 20 years
Subscription required. Introduction Boeing forecasts a requirement for 540 new cargo aircraft of 80 tonnes and up over the next 20 years. This is for airplanes in the Boeing 777F and 747-8F category. Another 250 new-build cargo airplanes… Read More
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Posted on October 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Premium
747-400, 747-8F, 747-8I, 767-300F, 777-300ER, 777F, A300F, A330-200F, A330-300, A330F, A330neo, A330P2F, Airbus, Boeing, FedEx, IATA, International Air Transport Assn., MD-11F, ST Aerospace, UPS, VT Aerospace, World Cargo Forecast
Assessing the wide-body and narrow-body freighters
This column has been updated since distribution to our e-mail recipients Sept. 22. There is an emerging demand to replace aging small- and medium-size wide-body freighters, but with limited choices to replace them. Airbus A310Fs and A300Fs are… Read More
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Posted on September 28, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Irkut
737-300F, 737-400F, 737-800F, 747-8F, 757F, 757P2F, 767-300ER, 767-300ERF, 777F, A320F, A320P2F, A321F, A321P2F, A330-200F, Aeronautical Engineers Inc, Airbus, Boeing, Boeing Converted Freighters, DHL, FedEx, Irkut, MD-80F, UPS
FedEx takes first 767-300ERF; sources say readies 767-2CF order
FedEx took delivery of its first Boeing 767-300ERF yesterday. Boeing Photo As we reported way back on June 16, our market intelligence tells us FDX is lined up to become the first commercial customers of the 767-2C, the… Read More
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Posted on September 5, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
air force tanker, American Airlines, Aspire Aviation, Boeing, US Airways
767-200ER, 767-2C, 767-30ERF, air force tanker, American Airlines, Aspire Aviation, Boeing, FedEx, KC-46A, US Airways, US Department of Justice
“One Boeing” leads way for P-8, KC-46A; 767-2C commercial order seen
“One Boeing” is the strategy that blends all the company enterprises–Boeing Commercial, Boeing Defense, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services and other business units into a single set of resources rather than operating as solo businesses. The P-8A Poseidon program… Read More
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Posted on June 16, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
air force tanker, Boeing, EADS
Boeing, EADS, FedEx, KC-46A, KC-767, P-8A Poseidon
Caution flags waving as we enter 2012
As 2012 opens, we are concerned about the increasing signs global cargo traffic is softening. Cargo traffic is typically a leading indicator of passenger traffic, both on the decline and subsequent rise. Cargo traffic fell 25% globally at… Read More
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Posted on January 2, 2012 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing
747-400F, 747-8F, 767-30ERF, 777F, A330-200F, Air China, Airbus, Atlas Air, Boeing, Cargoitalia, FedEx, IATA, Jade Air Cargo, Lufthansa, MD-11
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