Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 17, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): Tom Enders, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, is “confident” engine makers can accommodate single-aisle airplane production ramp-ups being considered by Airbus and Boeing. CFM makes… Read More
Airbus ‘confident’ engine makers can ramp up production
Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 17, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): Tom Enders, the chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, is “confident” engine makers can accommodate single-aisle airplane production ramp-ups being considered by Airbus and Boeing. CFM makes… Read More
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Posted on September 17, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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737 MAX, A320NEO, A380, A400M, air force tanker, Airbus, Airbus Group, Boeing, CFM, Fabrice Bregier, John Leahy, KC-46A, KC-X, Pratt & Whitney, SkyMark, Tom Enders, Transaero, USAF, Virgin Atlantic Airways
A320 FAL “good for US aerospace,” says Airbus
Sept. 16, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): The opening of the Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line here achieves a major set of goals set by the company 10 years ago for its own strategic purposes, but… Read More
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Posted on September 16, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, McDonnell Douglas, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, Pratt & Whitney
717, A320 final assembly line, A321ceo, Airbus, Airbus Mobile, Boeing, CFM, David L. Williams, McDonnell Douglas, MD-11, MD-95, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, PNAA, Pratt & Whitney
New single aisles on home stretch
By Bjorn Fehrm 16 Sep 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing released pictures yesterday of the first 737 MAX 8 being on the Renton Final Assembly Line (FAL) having completed the wing-to-body joins. With the Airbus A320neo now flying again… Read More
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Posted on September 16, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney
737 MAX, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney
Boeing’s 767 revitalized as a MOM stop gap, Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Aug. 31 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Last week we started to look at Boeing’s 767 to see if it can serve the passenger and range space which is not well covered by modern… Read More
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Posted on August 31, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Boeing, Future aircraft, GE Aviation, Middle of the Market, MOM, Pratt & Whitney, Premium
757, 767-200ER, 787, A321LR, MOM, Pratt & Whitney
Bjorn’s Corner: Russian aircraft industry.
22 August 2015, ©. Leeham Co: The Russian air show MAKS is taking place in Moscow, on the airfield of Zhukovsky, Southeast of Moscow. The town of Zhukovsky is called the Aero-City of the Russian federation. It houses… Read More
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Posted on August 28, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airlines, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Irkut, Sukhoi, United Aircraft, YAK
Boeing, Ilyushin, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, Tupolev, United Aircraft Corp., Yak-242, Yakolev
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
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Posted on August 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
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737, 737 MAX, A320, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, David Hess, Embraer, Geared Turbo Fan, GTF, John Slattery, Mitsubishi, MRJ, Pratt & Whitney
Rolls-Royce and Safran, major European engine OEMs with different fortunes.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. July 30, 2015 © Leeham Co. Rolls-Royce and Safran, the parent company of CFM partner Snecma, released their Q2 and first half 2015 earnings today. It is interesting to compare these companies as… Read More
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Posted on July 31, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, GE Aviation, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, GE Aviation, GTF, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Trent 1000, Trent 7000. Trent XWB, Trent 900
CSeries performance improvement demystified
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction July 6, 2015, © Leeham Co. Bombardier presented a slew of new data for their CSeries aircraft during Paris Air Show. Listening to Bombardier (BBD) officials it sounded like there was only… Read More
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Posted on July 6, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
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787, A350, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Bombardierm CSeries, CSeries, GTF, Pratt & Whitney
LEAP, the best of 1,000 investigated alternatives.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction June 23, 2015, © Leeham Co. CFM International went through 1,000 iterations before settling on the final design for the LEAP engines that will power the Airbus A320neo, the Boeing 737 MAX… Read More
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Posted on July 2, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Airbus, Boeing, CFM, Comac, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, Premium
737 MAX, 737NG, 777X, A320NEO, Airbus, Boeing, CFM, CFM LEAP, Comac, Pratt & Whitney
Bjorn’s Corner: What Paris Air Show taught us about East and West.
25 June 2015, © Leeham Co: With a few days in the office one can look back at Paris Air Show with a bit of perspective. So what are the impressions? It was surprising how many orders… Read More
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Posted on June 26, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
AirAsia, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Farnborough Air Show, Future aircraft, GE Aviation, Irkut, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi, United Aircraft, YAK
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