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
Posted on February 9, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
See Scott Hamilton’s new column for Forbes on-line, It’s time for hard questions for Boeing. Subscription Required Introduction One of Boeing’s white tail 747-8Fs. This, and another that has been stored, was painted in the livery of the… Read More
Posted on January 25, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
Oct. 27, 2015: Northrop Grumman, builder of the B-2 bomber in the USAF inventory, was awarded the contract to build the next generation long-range bomber, which is yet to be named. For the moment, we’ll call it the… Read More
Posted on October 28, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
On Sunday, The Seattle Times had a long article about whether the Boeing 787 will ever record a profit. Leeham Co’s Bjorn Fehrm is quoted extensively. Oct. 19, 2015, © Leeham Co. Bombardier is dominating the aerospace news… Read More
Posted on October 19, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Sept. 16, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): The opening of the Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line here achieves a major set of goals set by the company 10 years ago for its own strategic purposes, but… Read More
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Part 2 Sept. 10, 2015, © Leeham Co. Embraer is the dominant producer of commercial aircraft in the 70-125 seat sector, having overtaken Bombardier in the last decade following the development and 2004 introduction of the E-Jet. Bombardier’s CRJ… Read More
Posted on September 10, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi
767, A320, A400M, Airbus, Boeing 737, Bombardier, C-130, CRJ, E-175, E-175-E2, E-190, E-190 E2, E-195, E-Jet, Embraer, International Aero Engines, KC-390, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, MD-90, Mitsubishi, MRJ90, Paulo Cesar, Q400, SkyWest Airlines, Trans States Airlines, V2500
May 4, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Of all the things we write about, nothing stirs responses and readership than news–of any kind–about the Airbus A380. Last week I wrote about Malaysia Airlines putting a large number of its… Read More
Posted on May 4, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Pontifications
737 MAX, 737-9, 737-900ER, 737NG, 747-500, 747-600, 747-8, 747X, 757-300, 767-400, 777, 777X, 787, A320NEO, A321ceo, A321NEO, A340, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Fabrice Bregier, Frontier Airlines, Harry Stonecipher, JetBlue, Jim McNerney, John Leahy, McDonnell Douglas, Randy Tinseth, SPEEA, Tom Enders, United Airlines
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Feb. 22, 2015: An improving global freight market gives Boeing hope that air cargo demand will support the production of two new main-deck freighters a month for years to… Read More
Posted on February 22, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Dec. 29, 2014: Now’s your chance to vote on what you think are the world’s dud airliners. Here are the parameters: Post World War II. A commercial airliner that entered service–not a prototype or a concept or a… Read More
Posted on December 29, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Co, McDonnell Douglas
717, 737-600, 747, 757-300, 767-400, Airbus, Boeing, Bristol, Britannia, Canadair, Comet, Convair, CV-880, CV-990, Dassualt, DC-4 M2, de Havilland, Douglas Aircraft Co, Electra, Handley Page, IL-96, Ilyushin, Lockheed, Martin 202, McDonnell Douglas, Mercure, Nord, Nord 262, Stratocuiser, Trident, Tupolev, Vanguard, VC-10, Vickers
Subscription required. By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Low cost long haul service is gaining traction, but previous efforts proved difficult to be successful. Dating all the way back to Laker Airways’ Skytrain and the original PeoplExpress… Read More
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Premium, Rolls-Royce
747, 757, 767-300ER, 787, A330-900, A330-900neo, A340, A350-900, AirAsiaX, Airbus, Boeing, Canadair CL-44, Cebu Pacific, CFM, DC-10, DC-8-63, Douglas, Icelandair, Laker Airways, Loftleider, Luftansa Airlines, McDonnell Douglas, Norwegian Air, PeoplExpress, Rolls-Royce, WestJet