Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 17, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): Tom Enders, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, is “confident” engine makers can accommodate single-aisle airplane production ramp-ups being considered by Airbus and Boeing. CFM makes… Read More
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Dissecting Boeing cost-cutting
Subscription required. Introduction Feb. 11, 2016, © Leeham Co. The news yesterday that Boeing is undertaking a new round of cost-cutting has been buzzing around management and labor circles for months. LNC last year began hearing management at… Read More
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Posted on February 11, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, IAM 751, Leeham News and Comment, Premium, SPEEA
737-10, 757, 777X, A330, Airbus, Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, IAM 751, Jim McNerney, KC-46A, Ray Conner. 787, SPEEA, Wall Street Journal
Pontifications: Dissecting Boeing’s 2016 delivery guidance
Feb. 8, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing’s surprise guidance for 2016 for fewer deliveries on the 737 and 767 lines raised as many questions as officials answered on the Jan. 27 earnings call. The lower guidance led to… Read More
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Posted on February 8, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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737 MAX, 737-700, 737NG, 777 Classic, Boeing, David Strauss, KC-46A, UBS
Pontifications: A sea change at Boeing
Jan. 18, 2016, © Leeham Co. The surprise announcement last week of a tentative contract agreement between Boeing and its engineers union, SPEEA, was the best news coming out of the company that I’ve heard in years.
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Posted on January 18, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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737 MAX, 747-8, 777X, 787, 787-10, Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, IAM 751, International Assn of Machinists, Jim McNerney, KC-46A, Ray Goforth, SPEEA
Boeing 737 rate hike factors
Boeing 737 factory in Renton (WA). Boeing rendering. Subscription Required Introduction Nov. 30, 2015, © Leeham Co.: As Boeing ponders whether to increase production rates of the 737 line beyond the previously announced 52/mo rate effective in 2018,… Read More
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Posted on November 30, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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737, 737 MAX, 747-8, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, A320, Airbus, Boeing, KC-46A
KC-46A refueling boom, drogue testing
Oct. 13. 2015: The US Air Force and Boeing released photos of the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker with the boom and the drogue deployed. Photos by John D. Parker. Click on images to enlarge.
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Posted on October 13, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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Boeing KC-46A first flight
Sept. 30, 2015: Boeing Friday launched the first flight of the USAF KC-46A aerial refueling tanker. The event was seven months late and all the program margin has been eaten up by the delays, but this was a… Read More
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Posted on September 29, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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Pontifications: Dueling refueling tankers
Sept. 21, 2015, © Leeham Co.: This Friday, Sept. 25, is the date that at long last, Boeing and the US Air Force expect the first flight of the KC-46A that is equipped with the fueling system. A… Read More
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Posted on September 21, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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Airbus ‘confident’ engine makers can ramp up production
Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 17, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): Tom Enders, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, is “confident” engine makers can accommodate single-aisle airplane production ramp-ups being considered by Airbus and Boeing. CFM makes… Read More
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Posted on September 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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737 MAX, A320NEO, A380, A400M, air force tanker, Airbus, Airbus Group, Boeing, CFM, Fabrice Bregier, John Leahy, KC-46A, KC-X, Pratt & Whitney, SkyMark, Tom Enders, Transaero, USAF, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Air Force shouldn’t proceed with production rate decision, GAO said
A chemical mislabeled and fueled into the first KC-46A means a delay of one month of its first flight, the USAF said yesterday. Aug. 18, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. The US Air Force should not proceed with a… Read More
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Posted on August 18, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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767-2C, Boeing, Fairchild Air Force Base, GAO, Government Accountability Office, KC-46A, US Air Force, USAF
Fancher takes on KC-46A; FAA investigating Allegiant Air
July 30, 2015: Scott Fancher, regarded as the person to come in and take over troubled programs at Boeing, has been named to take over the KC-46A program. Fancher originally came to Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the Boeing… Read More
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Posted on July 30, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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747-8, 777X, 787, A350, air force tanker, Airbus, Allegiant Air, Boeing, KC-46A, Scott Fancher, SkyWriter Aviation
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