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Airbus, Boeing cost-cutting

Sept. 20, 2016: Airbus is planning cost-cutting measures to offset program write-offs and delivery delays, according to The Financial Times. One of these delays involves the well-publicized problems with the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine on… Read More

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 Posted on September 20, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies

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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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Embraer books 1H2016 loss and lowers guidance

By Bjorn Fehrm August09, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Embraer presented its second quarter and first half 2016 results on July 29, posting a loss and lowering guidance for the year. The company is in a bridge period on its… Read More

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 Posted on August 9, 2016 by

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Irkut MC-21-300 analysis, Part 3

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction August04, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: With the classification of the Irkut MC-21-300 done in terms of its size segment (it’s close to the Boeing 737 MAX 9 in size) and the key data… Read More

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 Posted on August 4, 2016 by

 Boeing, CFM, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, United Aircraft, United Engine Corp.

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Irkut MC-21; we look at the MC-21-300, Part 2.

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction August 01, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: After having found the nearest competitor to the Irkut MC-21-300 as the Boeing 737 MAX 9 in our first article, we now go deeper in the comparison… Read More

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 Posted on August 1, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, United Aircraft, United Engine Corp., YAK

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Airbus Group 1H2016 results: Trouble in key programs

Updated with analyst reports. By Bjorn Fehrm 27 July 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus Group presented its first half year results today, posting strong results in the face of delivery troubles with the A320neo and A350; and more… Read More

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 Posted on July 27, 2016 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, CFM, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney

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Flying the Irkut MC-21 simulator

By Bjorn Fehrm 21July 2016, ©. Leeham Co:Russia’s United Aircraft Irkut division had the good taste to bring a fully functional MC-21 simulator to Farnborough Air Show. I managed to get an hour of take-offs and landings during… Read More

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 Posted on July 21, 2016 by

 Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, United Aircraft, YAK

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Interview with Rob Dewar: CSeries in service reliability

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 21July 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Bombardier”s CSeries project has passed one hurdle after another during its development. The last one was the lack of Marquee customers on top of launch customer SWISS…. Read More

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 Posted on July 21, 2016 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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The A380 investors day jinx

  July 15, 2016, © Leeham Co., Farnborough Air Show: At an event like this, we pick up all sorts of snippets that don’t fit into any given story. So here’s a compilation of our Odds and Ends… Read More

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 Posted on July 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Qatar Airways

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Bjorn’s corner: Farnborough week

July 15, 2016, ©. Leeham Co, Farnborough Air Show: We have been at Farnborough Air Show this week, the highlight of the year for an aircraft geek like me. This year there were several interesting aircraft that visited the… Read More

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 Posted on July 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Antonov, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, United Aircraft

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