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- Airbus 1Q2024 results: Airbus CEO: “A350 in-service experience drives positive reputation and orders” April 25, 2024
- A350-1000 or 777-9? Part 3 April 25, 2024
- Boeing CEO promises company is turning around…again April 24, 2024
- Solid start for stand-alone GE Aerospace despite cuts to LEAP output April 23, 2024
- SPEEA, Boeing at impasse over safety program, union says April 23, 2024
“7M7” MOM means opportunities all around US
The prospect that Boeing may launch the so-called Middle of the Market (MOM) airplane seems to be gaining ground. We’ve reported previously that our Market Intelligence suggests the MOM would be launched in 2017 or 2018 with an… Read More
A380 cost improvements limited to seating, for now: Bregier
MOM airplane doesn’t make sense. A new MOM should have new technology and it’s not available until 2030. June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Cost improvements for the A380 will be limited for now to increasing seating capacity,… Read More
MOM market depends on price, says Air Lease Corp
June 9, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The Middle of the Market (MOM) airplane seems next up on the development plate. Air Lease Corp (ALC) is a major player in the development of any new airplane, and president John… Read More
A380, 10 years later
April 28, 2015: Airbus is celebrating 10 years of its A380 super jumbo. Just about everybody else is taking pot shots at it. There’s little doubt the airplane is a masterful achievement. But production miscues delayed the airplane… Read More
Pratt & Whitney looks to MOM and beyond-Part 1
Subscription Required. Introduction April 2, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: Even as Pratt & Whitney prepares for the entry-into-service of its new Alan Epstein, vice president of technology and environment, Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine on the… Read More
Leahy on 737-8ERX and the prospect of an “A322”
March 16, 2015 737-8ERX: John Leahy, chief operating officer-customers at Airbus, not surprisingly doesn’t think much of the concept Boeing is showing airlines, the 737-8ERX. “Boeing is getting more and more desperate,” Leahy claimed in a telephone interview… Read More
Redefining the 757 replacement: Requirement for the 225/5000 Sector, Part 4.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 08 March 2015, c. Leeham Co: In the third part of the article series around the need for a more capable solution for 180-240 seats and 5,000 nautical miles, we compared different clean sheet… Read More
Pontifications: Jumping on the MOM bandwagon
March 15, 2015: There was little “real” news coming out of ISTAT this year, which is probably why the topics of the “757 replacement” and the 200-250 seat, 4,500 mile twin-aisle airplane prospect drew so much attention. Sitting… Read More
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Posted on March 15, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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