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Mitsubishi MRJ90 arrives in Washington State for certification flight testing

Sept. 29, 2016, © Leeham Co., Moses Lake (WA): After months of delays between the first flight and yesterday, the first Mitsubishi MRJ90 arrived in Moses Lake (WA) to begin certification flight testing. This is scheduled over 12-18… Read More

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 Posted on September 29, 2016 by

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44% supplier shortfall for GTF now showing impact

Sept. 6, 2016, © Leeham Co.: It was a stunning admission, one that produced the biggest headlines at the United Technologies media days in June: 44% of the suppliers on Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbo Fan engine weren’t… Read More

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 Posted on September 6, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bombardier, CFM, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies

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Pontifications: Odds and Ends to end the summer

Sept. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: August was unusually slow, so today is sort of an Odds and Ends clean-up of the summer. There was the Southwest Airlines engine incident and the reports that ANA’s Boeing 787s have… Read More

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 Posted on September 5, 2016 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Emirates Airlines, Mitsubishi, Pontifications

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Pontifications: New war of words erupts

July 11, 2016, © Leeham Co., Farnborough Air Show: The war of words between Airbus and Boeing is legendary, and it continued unabated today, the first day of the Farnborough Air Show. See my column in Forbes for… Read More

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 Posted on July 11, 2016 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Mitsubishi

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PW’s Geared Turbo Fan was catalyst for MRJ90 order

March 8, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbo Fan technology was what prompted a used airplane lessor to place its first new airplane order, selecting the Mitsubishi MRJ90 in the process. Jep Thornton is a… Read More

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 Posted on March 8, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Mitsubishi, MOM, Pratt & Whitney

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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: Communicate or not?

19 February 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC) announced on Christmas Day that they delayed the entry into service of the MRJ90 regional airliner by over a year. At the same time, they also announced that… Read More

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 Posted on February 19, 2016 by

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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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