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- At long last, Boeing appears near certification and EIS for 777X
- Air India Flight 171 Preliminary Crash Report Is Unclear Regarding Pilot Actions
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 30.
- It’s official: MTU’s engine leader named CEO of Airbus Commercial from Jan. 1; future of Open Fan and A220-500 shifts to him
- Embraer E2: Where will the orders come from?
Part 1–Boeing 757: An analysis of facts and myths
Subscription required. By Bjorn Fehrm Part 1 of 3 Introduction The Boeing 757 was developed in the late 1970s as a replacement for Boeing’s popular 727 mid-range single aisle aircraft. Starting from the smaller 727, it ultimately grew… Read More
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Posted on October 15, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Delta Air Lines, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce, US Airways
737 MAX, 737-9, 757, 757 Winglet, 757W, 777-300ER, A320NEO, A321NEO, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, United Airlines
ISTAT Europe Conference in Istanbul: Boeing and Airbus slugging it out with some new twists
Airbus and Boeing squared off once again Monday, this time at the ISTAT Europe conference in Istanbul, once again pretty much over the entire product lines. Boeing’s VP Marketing Randy Tinseth began with two focal points, the 737… Read More
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Posted on September 22, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm
Odds and Ends: UBS on wide-bodies; CFM on GTF; Analysts on CSeries; Expedia on LCCs
UBS on wide-bodies: Investment bank UBS sees the Airbus A330ceo deliveries dropping from the current production 10/mo to 5/mo by 2017, in advance of the introduction of the A330neo late that year. As Airbus transitions from the ceo… Read More
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Posted on September 16, 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
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Bombardier, Comac, CRJ, CSeries, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, GE, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, Q400
Odds and Ends: KC-46A update; A440M in the US; A320neo first flight; Southwest no longer an LCC
KC-46A update: Aviation Week has an update on the status of the Boeing KC-46A tanker. Among other things, first fight has now been moved from June to November at the earliest. A400M in the US: Airbus thinks it’s… Read More
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Posted on September 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
BBD faces skyline challenges in 2016: Russia, Ukraine, Iraq customers
Note: The CSeries resumed airborne flight tests Sept. 7. The announcement two weeks ago by Sweden’s Malmo Aviation that it won’t be the first operator of Bombardier’s CSeries is an unneeded image hit for the program, but not… Read More
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Posted on September 7, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Boeing leads net orders YTD; A320neo; ExIm Bank; Frontier Air
Airbus vs Boeing orders: Airbus reported its order tally through August and while it surpassed 1,000 gross orders, it’s net orders trail Boeing significantly. This article sums things up nicely, though it doesn’t include Boeing’s last four days… Read More
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Posted on September 4, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Malmo and CSeries; Boeing’s Terrible Teens; MH 370
Malmo and CSeries: Malmo Airlines, a small carrier in Sweden that is a subsidiary of Braathens, last week said it withdrew as the launch operator of the Bombardier CSeries. Malmo has five CS100s and five CS300s on order…. Read More
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Posted on September 1, 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
PW re-delivering GTF to Bombardier CSeries flight test fleet, airborne program likely next month
Pratt & Whitney has completed a design repair for the Pure Power 1500G used on the Bombardier CSeries Flight Test Vehicles (FTVs) and is re-delivering the engines, Leeham News has learned. Flight tests are expected to resume in… Read More
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Posted on August 25, 2014 by Scott Hamilton