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Pontifications: Embraer’s China ambitions

March 22, 2021, © Leeham News: Embraer wants to become a big player in China. “We see a huge market potential there,” said Arjan Meijer, CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, in an interview with Nikkei Asia. The news… Read More

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Posted on March 22, 2021 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, Embraer, Pontifications

AVIC, C Series, ERJ-145, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, Q400

Pontifications: The risk of closing China to aerospace suppliers

Nov. 30, 2020, © Leeham News: The Trump Administration this month indicated it might expand its ban on doing business with certain Chinese companies. The Administration says the additional companies have ties to the military. Included in the… Read More

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Posted on November 30, 2020 by Scott Hamilton

Boeing, China, Comac, Pontifications

ARJ21, C919, CR929, David Pritchard, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, Trump sanctions on China

Narrowbody Aircraft Retirements

Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 15, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, LNA analyzed the accelerating widebody fleet streamlining by airlines. We now turn our attention to the narrowbody market. Numerous airlines, including American and Lufthansa,… Read More

Spies and industrial spying

By Scott Hamilton March 27, 2018, © Leeham News, Bainbridge Island (WA): The unexpected US order to close the Russian Consulate in Seattle this week set off a media frenzy in this city because two reasons cited were… Read More

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Posted on March 27, 2018 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi

737 MAX, 747-8, 777 Classic, 777X, 787, A320, Airbus, ARJ21, Boeing, C919, Comac, DC-9, McDonnell Douglas, MD-80, Russia

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

36 Comments

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 Oct. 12, 2014, (c) Leeham Co.: 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,… 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

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Pontifications: Embraer’s China ambitions

Pontifications: The risk of closing China to aerospace suppliers

Narrowbody Aircraft Retirements

Spies and industrial spying

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

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