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ISTAT Day 1: Engine updates for CFM, GE, RR and PW

Feb. 29, 2016, (c) Leeham Co.: The LEAP engine, for the Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A320neo and COMAC C919 is the fastest-selling engine in history, says Jean-Paul Ebanga, the president of CFM International. More than 10,000 have been sold…. Read More

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 Posted on February 29, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Rolls-Royce

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Welcome news for Bombardier, Mitsubishi

Subscription required Introduction Feb. 22, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The large order (Letter of Intent) last week by Air Canada for 45 firm and 30 option CS300s was welcome news for Bombardier. And the LOI from the US… Read More

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 Posted on February 22, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium

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Bjorn’s Corner: Exciting 2016

29 January 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In the corner of two weeks ago we did a retrospective of 2015. Time for looking ahead. The year of 2016 will be quite interesting. We had entry into service of the… Read More

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 Posted on January 29, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi, United Aircraft

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Bjorn’s Corner: What did we learn in 2015?

08 January 2016, ©. Leeham Co: It’s the first Corner for the year and a look at 2015 as a year of technology advancements is due. 2015 will be remembered as the year when three clean sheet airliners… Read More

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 Posted on January 8, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, United Aircraft

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New aircraft programs’ sorry record of delay

Subscription Required. Jan. 7, 2016, (c) Leeham Co. New aircraft programs used to be on time and a source of pride for the Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs). No longer. Delays are the norm, and despite “lessons learned,” there… Read More

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 Posted on January 7, 2016 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Premium

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Pontifications: Looking ahead to 2016

Jan. 4, 2016, © Leeham Co. Let’s take a walk through our outlook for 2016. Boeing is 100 The Boeing Co. is 100 years old this year. July 15, to be precise. This is the last day of… Read More

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 Posted on January 4, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Farnborough Air Show, Leeham News and Comment, Mitsubishi, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney

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Pontifications: Potential MRJ safety issue, delay impacts customers

Dec. 21, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Mitsubishi Aircraft announced last week that its MRJ90 program was undergoing a review following three test flights. A new schedule could be announced as early as this week, but by the end… Read More

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 Posted on December 21, 2015 by

 Mitsubishi

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Bjorn’s Corner: MRJ90 first flight

13 November 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Mitsubishi flew their MRJ for the first time this week. I could have added “finally” because it is two years late compared to the original time plan. But who cares when the… Read More

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 Posted on November 13, 2015 by

 Bjorn's Corner, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Embraer’s fundamental advantages

Subscription Required  Introduction With the first Embraer E-Jet E2 under assembly, we take a look at the E1 and E2 programs in the run-up to roll-out of the E-190 E2 next year and projected Entry Into Service (EIS)… Read More

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 Posted on November 9, 2015 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium, Sukhoi

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Embraer faces new challenge from MRJ90

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

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 Posted on September 10, 2015 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi

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