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CRJ-200 an unexpected success in P2F market

March 8, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier CRJ-200s, rapidly being phased out of passenger service and consigned to the scrap yard, proved to be an unexpected success for freighter conversion company (Aeronautical Engineering Inc (AEI). Converting the CRJ-200… Read More

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Posted on March 8, 2017 by Scott Hamilton

Boeing, Bombardier, ISTAT

737-800, 737-900, AEI, Aeronautical Engineering Inc., ATP, Boeing, Convair 580, CRJ-200, CRJ-200F, Douglas DC-6, ISTAT, MD-80, MD-80F, Robert Convey

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 Scott Hamilton

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

737-600, 767, A300-600R, A300B4, A310, Air Canada, Air France, AirBaltic, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, DC-3, DC-5, DC-9 Super 80, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Airlines, John Leahy, Lockheed, Lufthansa Airlines, MD-80, MD-95, Pan Am, Pan American, SAS

Pontifications: Tax breaks in Washington State

Feb. 22, 2016, © Leeham Co.: A group of Democratic legislators in Washington State will introduce five bills aimed at repealing some tax breaks and also taking yet another run at holding Boeing’s feet to the fire by tying… Read More

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Posted on February 22, 2016 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, Pontifications, SPEEA

737, A320, ACJ, Airbus, BBJ, Boeing, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, MD-80, SPEEA, Washington State

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 Scott Hamilton

Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Co, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas

717, Boeing, C-17, DC-10, DC-8, DC-8-60, DC-8-70, DC-9. DC-9 Super 80, L-1011, Lockheed, MD-11, MD-80, MD-90, MD-95

Assessing the 100-149 Seat Sector

Introduction The 100-149 seat market sector has long been criticized as irrelevant because of a string of poor-selling aircraft. Boeing officials even labeled this a Bermuda Triangle. The critics fail to recognize, however, that except for the Bombardier… Read More

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Posted on October 12, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer

727-100, 737 Classic, 737-200, 737-600, 737-7, 737-700, A318, A319ceo, A319neo, Airbus, B717, BAC-111, BAe-146, Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, British Aircraft Corp., CS-100, CS-300, CSeries, DC-9, E-195, E-195 E2, E-Jet, E-Jet E2, Embraer, F-100, Fokker, MD-80, MD-95

Outsourcing focus of Boeing report, but misses bigger picture; IAM vote aftermath; Boeing’s 2013

A long article (10 pages when printed) discusses the pitfalls Boeing had by outsourcing so much work on the 787. This much is not new. The point the article raises–transferring technology and the potential decline of US aerospace… Read More

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Posted on January 6, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, McDonnell Douglas

787, Airbus, ARJ-21, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, C919, CFM International, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, ERJ-145, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, Q400

Odds and Ends: Looking ahead in 2014; Boeing letter to Machinists; TWA retro choice; Screw it, let’s do it on Virgin [plane]

Looking ahead in 2014: We wrote this outlook for 2014 for CNN International Travel. More seats, more fees, quieter year. IAM 751 members vote Friday on the ‘777X contract.‘ Here is a letter dated December 27 from Boeing… Read More

8 Comments

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Scott Hamilton

Airlines, Aspire Aviation, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Co, IAM 751, International Association of Machinists

777X, 777X site selection, Aspire Aviation, Boeing, DC-9, Douglas Aircraft Co., IAM 751, International Association of Machinists, MD-80, Trans World Airlines, TWA, Virgin Airlines

Odds and Ends: AirAsiaX plans A330 order; AA’s livery; vote for TWA heritage livery

AirAsiaX plans A330 order: AirAsiaX, the long-haul low cost carrier, plans a large order for the Airbus A330 this week, according to Bloomberg. A380’s future: Bloomberg News talks about the future of the Airbus A380 with CEO Fabrice… Read More

27 Comments

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas

707, 747, 757, A330, AirAsiaX, Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, TWA, US Airways

China’s closed airspace hasn’t changed much in 20 years

China’s military continues to so control–and close airspace–in China that delays are rampant, this AP story reports. We’re reminded on the era when we were doing business in China, going there nine times in a 4 1/2 year… Read More

6 Comments

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, China, Comac, Douglas Aircraft Co, McDonnell Douglas

A320, ARJ21, C919, CAAC, CASC, China, Comac, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, MD-90

China short on re-engine orders, but nearly 400 C919 “commitments”

The Chinese government and airlines have very few orders for the re-engined Airbus A320neo family and Boeing 737 MAX. There are no identified Boeing 737 MAX orders in China and just 19 A320neos. There are 197 Unidentified MAX… Read More

15 Comments

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer

737 MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, ARJ21, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, ERJ, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, MD-90

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CRJ-200 an unexpected success in P2F market

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

Pontifications: Tax breaks in Washington State

C-17: the end of an era

Assessing the 100-149 Seat Sector

Outsourcing focus of Boeing report, but misses bigger picture; IAM vote aftermath; Boeing’s 2013

Odds and Ends: Looking ahead in 2014; Boeing letter to Machinists; TWA retro choice; Screw it, let’s do it on Virgin [plane]

Odds and Ends: AirAsiaX plans A330 order; AA’s livery; vote for TWA heritage livery

China’s closed airspace hasn’t changed much in 20 years

China short on re-engine orders, but nearly 400 C919 “commitments”

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