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- Analysts react negatively to Boeing slip of MAX recertification January 22, 2020
- Mitsubishi ends 2019 with ~500 commitments for SpaceJet January 22, 2020
- Environment and aviation, a gap between aspirations and reality January 20, 2020
- Pontifications: Another Calhoun challenge: fixing Boeing’s product strategy January 20, 2020
- Bjorn’s Corner: Why e in ePlane shall stand for environment, Part 5. January 17, 2020
The decline and fall of Bombardier
Subscription Required Introduction May 6, 2019, © Leeham News: Bombardier was once the leader in providing regional airliners to the industry. Today, it’s all but exited the industry. With the announcement that its Belfast manufacturing facility and a… Read More
Posted on May 6, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Paris Air Show: Bombardier
Subscription Required. Introduction March 17, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: Bombardier and air shows just don’t get along. In 2009, there was wide anticipation at the Paris Air Show that BBD would announce a deal with Qatar Airways for… Read More
Posted on May 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Rebuilding confidence at Bombardier
Subscription Required This week the Malay government announced an order for 20 CSeries CS100s. for a new airline. Introduction March 17, 2015: c. Leeham Co. Turmoil at Bombardier, both financial and with the departure of several key personnel,… Read More
Posted on March 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier’s crisis of confidence perhaps the biggest challenge for CSeries
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 18, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: Alain Bellemare, Bombardier’s new president and chief executive officer, has his work cut out for him. Figure 1. The CSeries was supposed to enter service in late 2013, two… Read More
Posted on February 18, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Lufthansa fleet exec praises top-level change at Bombardier
Feb. 13, 2015, c. Leeham Co.: The appointment of Alain Bellemare as president and chief executive officer of Bombardier is viewed positively by the largest and most influential customer for the slow-selling CSeries, Lufthansa Airlines Group. Lufthansa has… Read More
Posted on February 13, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier 2014 earnings, 4Q negative cash flow at Aerospace, debt/equity plan
2014 earnings presentation (PDF) Feb. 12, 2015: Struggling under the strain of two years of delays for the CSeries, poor sales of the Q400 and CRJ and a disastrous LearJet program, the world’s commercial airplane maker shuffled its… Read More
Posted on February 12, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Alain Bellemare, ex-CEO of United Tech division named Bombardier CEO
Feb. 12, 2015: Alain M. Bellemare, 53, was named president and CEO at Bombardier , it was announced today ahead of the company’s 2014 earnings call. The appointment is a move to restore confidence in Bombardier, its Aerospace… Read More
Posted on February 12, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Tomorrow’s Bombardier earnings call: trying to be upbeat in the midst of a tornado
Subscription Required. Introduction As the market prepares for Bombardier’s 2014 year end earnings call tomorrow, CEO Pierre Beaudoin has his work cut out for him to restore confidence among the airlines and lessors who have ordered the CSeries… Read More
Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: KC-390 first flight; A400M; AirAsia 8501; Bombardier credibility
KC-390 first flight: Embraer’s largest airplane ever built, the KC-390 tanker/transport, made its first flight today. We profiled the airplane last October following our visit to Brazil. The airplane fulfills needs for Brazil’s vast geography to supply its… Read More
Posted on February 3, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Boeing’s MAX to China; Airbus sees no order bubble; Boeing’s wide-body dominance; BBD’s risk
Boeing’s MAX to China: The absence has been conspicuous, but no more: China will take 200 737 MAXes, according to Reuters. It will be interesting to see what delivery slots becoe available. Boeing always holds open some slots… Read More
Posted on October 25, 2013 by Scott Hamilton
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