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Leeham News and Analysis
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PW chief credited MRJ with ripple effect leading to CSeries, A320neo, 737 MAX and E-Jet E2
Aug. 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Conventional wisdom credits Bombardier’s CSeries with being the disruptor that prompted Airbus to launch the A320neo, which in turn caused Boeing to launch the 737 MAX and Embraer to launch its E-Jet E2…. Read More
Posted on August 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Mitsubishi opens Seattle Engineering Center ahead of MRJ90 first flight
August 3, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. today opened its Seattle Engineering Center jointly with local company AeroTEC in advance of the first flight of the MRJ90 in September or October. During the second quarter of next… Read More
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Mitsubishi nears first flight for MRJ-90
Aug. 3, 2015, © Leeham Co. Mitsubishi is just a few months away from beginning flight testing on the first commercial airplane designed and built in Japan since the NAMC YS-11 in the 1960s. The 60 passenger turbo prop had… Read More
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing, Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications
747, 747-8, 787, All Nippon Airways, Boeing, Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ-1000, CRJ-900, E-Jet, E-Jet 175, E-Jet 175 E2, E-Jet E2, Embraer, ExIm Bank, GE, Japan Air Lines, Jim McNerney, Mitsubishi, MRJ, MRJ-70, MRJ-90, SkyWest Airlines, Trans States Airlines
Mitsubishi Regional Jet, MRJ, compared with second generation regional jets.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction 03 Aug 2015, © Leeham Co.: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, the company behind Japan’s new regional aircraft, is inaugurating an engineering center in Seattle today and presenting their testing facility at Moses Lake (WA) Grant… Read More
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Embraer gains 125 orders at half-year
June 17, 2015, Paris Air Show, c. Leeham Co. With focus, as always, on Airbus and Boeing, and an airplane that neither exists nor is about to any time in the near-term (the Middle of the Market aircraft),… Read More
Posted on June 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Paris Air Show: Qatar and others
Subscription required. Introduction June 1, 2015, c. Leeham Co. It could be called the Qatar Airways Air Show. Qatar Airways plans to have five airliners on display at the Paris Air Show in two weeks: the Airbus A319,… Read More
Posted on June 1, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi
787, A319, A320, A350, A380, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, CFM, Comac, Emirates Airlines, Engine Alliance, GE Engines, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Qatar Airways, Rolls-Royce, Suhkoi, Tim Clark
ISTAT Asia: Asian airline market update
Introduction May 11, 2015, c. Leeham Co: We are participating this week in the ISTAT Asia conference in Singapore where IATA and different panels gave an interesting update on the Asian airline market. This is the fifth year that… Read More
Posted on May 11, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, Embraer, ISTAT, Leasing, Mitsubishi
Paris Air Show Preview: Airbus
Subscription Required. Introduction May 3, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The Paris Air Show is June 15-19 for the trade/industrial portion. Beginning this week, Leeham News and Comment will provide our Market Assessment and insight about what to expect…. Read More
Posted on May 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Emirates Airlines, Engine Alliance, Farnborough Air Show, GE Aviation, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce
737, 757, 787-10, 787-9, A320NEO, A321LR, A330ceo, A330neo, A350, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show
Pontifications: Wizz could be first face-off of 737 MAX 200 vs “A320neo 195”
April 13, 2015: A campaign that began last year between Airbus and Boeing for a large order of 100 airplanes at Europe’s Low Cost Carrier, Wizz Air, could be the first face off between the “A320neo 195” (our… Read More
Posted on April 13, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Mitsubishi
737 MAX, 737 MAX 200, 747-8, 777X, 787, A320neo 195, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Casey Stengel, CS100, CS300, CSeries, GAO, Government Accounting Office, Ilyushin Finance Co, KC-46A, Mitsubishi, MRJ90, New York Mets, New York Yankees, P-8A, Wizz Air
Pratt & Whitney sees long-term aviation growth, airline profits
April 2, 2015: Paul Adams, president of Pratt & Whitney, provided an “state of the business” of PW during the second day of the Media Days. We follow our usual format of recapping his comments in paraphrased form…. Read More
Posted on April 2, 2015 by Scott Hamilton