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
Posted on June 20, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney
737, 737 MAX, 737-7, 737-7.5, 777 Classic, 777X, A320NEO, A330, A350, A350-900, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, WestJet, Zodiac
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
Posted on June 16, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
June 13, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The current cost to build the new Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine is $10m per engine. This has to come down by a factor of five, said Greg Hayes, the… Read More
Posted on June 13, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
June 9, 2016: Irkut rolled out its challenger to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800/8 yesterday the MC-21-300. The new airplane is powered by either the Pratt & Whitney GTF or a Russian engine. A report from a… Read More
Posted on June 9, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm in Hamburg Introduction May 31, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus went through a complete review of all their aircraft programs as part of their yearly briefing for media in Hamburg today. A lot was said… Read More
Posted on May 31, 2016 by Bjorn Fehrm
E190-E2 is now Airborne #E2firstflight pic.twitter.com/iohoSUKZET
— Embraer (@embraer) May 23, 2016
May 24, 2016: Embraer’s E190-E2 had its first flight yesterday, several months ahead of the internal schedule (original plan was September) making it the only new airplane program in recent history to be significantly ahead. Boeing’s 737 MAX… Read More
Posted on May 24, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
April 25, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer having their first quarter earnings call this week. Bombardier also has its Annual General Meeting concurrent with its 1Q earnings on Friday. The big anticipation will be… Read More
Posted on April 25, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
April 13, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Alcoa, a major supplier to Airbus and Boeing, lowered its 2016 guidance on anticipated lower demand for aluminum on lower orders for legacy commercial airliners and a slower than expected transition to… Read More
Posted on April 13, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
March 29, 2016, © Leeham Co.: A report that JetBlue and Alaska Airlines submitted bids to buy Virgin America spurs the thought: this isn’t as wacky as it appears on the surface. When news emerged last week that… Read More
Posted on March 29, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
March 8, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbo Fan technology was what prompted a used airplane lessor to place its first new airplane order, selecting the Mitsubishi MRJ90 in the process. Jep Thornton is a… Read More
Posted on March 8, 2016 by Scott Hamilton