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Airbus, Boeing cost-cutting

Sept. 20, 2016: Airbus is planning cost-cutting measures to offset program write-offs and delivery delays, according to The Financial Times. One of these delays involves the well-publicized problems with the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine on… Read More

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 Posted on September 20, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies

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44% supplier shortfall for GTF now showing impact

Sept. 6, 2016, © Leeham Co.: It was a stunning admission, one that produced the biggest headlines at the United Technologies media days in June: 44% of the suppliers on Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbo Fan engine weren’t… Read More

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 Posted on September 6, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bombardier, CFM, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies

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Embraer books 1H2016 loss and lowers guidance

By Bjorn Fehrm August09, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Embraer presented its second quarter and first half 2016 results on July 29, posting a loss and lowering guidance for the year. The company is in a bridge period on its… Read More

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 Posted on August 9, 2016 by

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Irkut MC-21-300 analysis, Part 3

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction August04, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: With the classification of the Irkut MC-21-300 done in terms of its size segment (it’s close to the Boeing 737 MAX 9 in size) and the key data… Read More

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 Posted on August 4, 2016 by

 Boeing, CFM, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, United Aircraft, United Engine Corp.

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Flying the Irkut MC-21 simulator

By Bjorn Fehrm 21July 2016, ©. Leeham Co:Russia’s United Aircraft Irkut division had the good taste to bring a fully functional MC-21 simulator to Farnborough Air Show. I managed to get an hour of take-offs and landings during… Read More

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 Posted on July 21, 2016 by

 Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, United Aircraft, YAK

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Interview with Rob Dewar: CSeries in service reliability

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 21July 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier”s CSeries project has passed one hurdle after another during its development. The last one was the lack of Marquee customers on top of launch customer SWISS…. Read More

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 Posted on July 21, 2016 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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The A380 investors day jinx

  July 15, 2016, © Leeham Co., Farnborough Air Show: At an event like this, we pick up all sorts of snippets that don’t fit into any given story. So here’s a compilation of our Odds and Ends… Read More

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 Posted on July 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Qatar Airways

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Bombardier’s CS100 media flight demonstrates quiet

July 10, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: Our coverage of the Farnborough Air Show (#FIA16 on Twitter) begins today, with a media flight on the Bombardier CS100. The day was rainy and somewhat turbulent until the flight got above… Read More

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 Posted on July 10, 2016 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Farnborough Air Show, Pratt & Whitney

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Pontifications: Airbus CXLs A320, A350 August vacations

June 20, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Airbus officials canceled the annual August vacations in Europe for the A320 and A350 production lines. The A320neo and A350-900 are backing up on the delivery lines because of supplier issues with the… Read More

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 Posted on June 20, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney

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Mid-Market airplane comes before A320, 737 replacement: Pratt & Whitney exec

Subscription Required Introduction June 16, 2016, © Leeham Co.: A middle of the market airplane will come before a replacement for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, predicts Alan Epstein, vice Alan Epstein, VP technology and environment, Pratt… Read More

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 Posted on June 16, 2016 by

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