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Pontifications: Catching up on Odds and Ends-Alaska’s Airbus fleet, first E195-E2 delivery, Boeing’s MAX rebranding question

Take our Boeing 737 MAX rebranding poll at the end of this post. Sept. 2, 2019, © Leeham News: It’s time to catch up on Odds and Ends. Alaska Airlines In its second quarter earnings call and 10Q… Read More

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 Posted on September 2, 2019 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Douglas Aircraft Co, E-Jet, Embraer, Pontifications

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Pontifications: Airbus-the First 50 Years

Book Review July 8, 2019, © Leeham News: When a company authorizes or sponsors a book about some major event, the book is usually a puff piece meant for the coffee table in reception. Airbus authorized the book,… Read More

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 Posted on July 8, 2019 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Co, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Pontifications

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Pontifications: 737 MAX events remind of Lockheed Electra story

March 18, 2019, © Leeham News: There’s a saying that history repeats itself. When it comes to the crisis of the Boeing 737 MAX, I’m reminded of the crisis Lockheed faced in 1959-1960 when the Electra propjet crashed… Read More

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 Posted on March 18, 2019 by

 American Airlines, Boeing, ET302, Ethiopian Airlines, JT610, Lion Air, Lockheed Martin, Pontifications, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

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Pontifications: Which airplanes are revolutionary or evolutionary?

Feb. 18, 2019, © Leeham News: Last week’s column about the revolutionary Boeing 747 prompted some Twitter interaction asking what other commercial airplanes might be considered “revolutionary.” I have my views. Let’s ask readers. There are also three… Read More

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 Posted on February 18, 2019 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Douglas Aircraft Co, Embraer, Ford Tri Motor, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney

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Pontifications: The 747 revolutionized air travel

Feb. 11, 2019, © Leeham News: Few airplanes truly can be called revolutionary. Most are evolutionary. The Boeing 747 was one of those that falls into the former category. Just as the Boeing 707 revolutionized air travel, so… Read More

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 Posted on February 11, 2019 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Co, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Middle of the Market, Pontifications

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Pontifications: Lufthansa is sabotaging history

June 4, 2018, © Leeham News: I never thought I would find myself writing something like this. Lufthansa Airlines is sabotaging history and its own airplane restoration project. Lufthansa, the airline that honors its history with the airworthy… Read More

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 Posted on June 4, 2018 by

 Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, Pontifications

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Pontifications: Revisionist history

Sept. 25, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The US Department of Commerce today is scheduled to release its decision on whether to impose tariffs on each Bombardier CS100 delivered to Delta Air Lines, starting this year. (The public announcement… Read More

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 Posted on September 25, 2017 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Pontifications

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Pontifications: The Bottom Line isn’t always about The Bottom Line

June 6, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Sweetheart deals to win strategic aircraft orders are nothing new in commercial aviation. John Leahy, COO-Customers for Airbus, last week poked Bombardier for its order from Delta Air Lines. Citing a reported… Read More

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 Posted on June 6, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Douglas Aircraft Co, Lockheed Martin, Pontifications

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PNAA Conference Day 1: Aerospace Clusters

Feb. 9, 2016: Today is the first of three days of conference meetings organized by the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA), in Lynnwood (WA). We’re providing live reporting throughout the three days. Aerospace clusters are evolving throughout the… Read More

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 Posted on February 9, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

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C-17: the end of an era

Dec. 1,2015: The last C-17 flew off the Boeing production line in Long Beach (CA) last week, ending aircraft production at the former McDonnell Douglas plant that began delivering Douglas DC-8s at the start of the jet age…. Read More

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 Posted on December 1, 2015 by

 Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Co, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas

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