January 13, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: The time has come to go through the reasons why some turbofan engines are designed with a gearbox between the fan and the low pressure shaft. The principle design is shown in… Read More
Posted on January 13, 2017 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction December 01, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Boom Technology and Virgin Atlantic plan to offer supersonic business class passenger traffic over the Atlantic. We covered the number of challenges that this poses in recent… Read More
Posted on December 1, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
Oct. 26, 2016: Airbus Group reported that its nine months financial results continue to be depressed by delivery delays in the A320neo and A350-900 programs. The Group reported revenues of €43bn for the period and charges that lowered profits…. Read More
Posted on October 26, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription Required Part 2. Part 1 may be found here. Introduction Bombardier invented the regional jet. Despite some sales these days, the CRJ was eclipsed by the Embraer J-Jet. Bombardier photo. Oct. 10, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Regional… Read More
Posted on October 10, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airlines, American Airlines, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Sukhoi, United Airlines, US Airways
American Airlines, Bombardier, C-110, C-130, Continental Airlines, CRJ, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, ERJ, GTF, Mitsubishi, MRJ90, Pratt & Whitney, SSJ100, Sukhoi, United Airlines, US Airways
Subscription required Introduction Part 1: The Big Two OEMs Oct. 3, 2016, © Leeham Co.: There are airline assets and there are leasing assets. That’s a good airplane but it’s not a good leasing asset. These are the… Read More
Posted on October 3, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Embraer, GE Aviation, International Aero Engines, Lessors, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce
737 MAX 200, 737-7, 737-8, 737-9, 747, 767, 787, 7E7, A319ceo, A319neo, A320ceo, A320NEO, A321LR, A321NEO, A350, A350-1000, A350-2000, A350-800, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CFM56, Embraer, GE Aviation, GTF, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, V2500
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
Posted on September 20, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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
Posted on September 6, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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
Posted on August 9, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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
Posted on August 4, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
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
Posted on July 21, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm