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- Boeing breaks ground to double 787 FAL capacity; analysis of orders/options
- Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 15. Detailed Design of Structures
PW re-delivering GTF to Bombardier CSeries flight test fleet, airborne program likely next month
Pratt & Whitney has completed a design repair for the Pure Power 1500G used on the Bombardier CSeries Flight Test Vehicles (FTVs) and is re-delivering the engines, Leeham News has learned. Flight tests are expected to resume in… Read More
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Posted on August 25, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Odds and Ends: Dual sourcing; FAA overflight bans; Super Constellation
Dual sourcing: There is always much angst in Seattle among the labor groups and Washington State’s elected officials when Boeing decides to put work outside the state. Much of this angst is because Boeing uses this as a… Read More
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Odds and Ends: Some FAS leftovers–a big CSeries order?; EMB lands 60; and more
Farnborough Air Show leftovers: Big CSeries order coming? Flight Global reports that lessor Macquarie Airfinance is about ready to sign a deal for 50 Bombardier CSeries. If true, this would be a major departure for the lessor, which… Read More
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Posted on July 20, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Farnborough Air Show, July 17: Orders summary, reflections of the show
Orders continued to trickle in as the Farnborough Air Show winds down (there could be others not listed here). Airbus: Transaero, LOI for 12 A330neos and eight A330ceos; Hong Kong Aviation Capital firms up an order for 40… Read More
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Posted on July 17, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Farnborough Air Show, July 16: MRJ program analysis
After a long drought of orders or even LOIs and MOUs, the Mitsubishi MRJ program saw some life at this Farnborough Air Show. Sales of Japan’s first commercial airplane since the propeller-era’s YS-11 stalled with orders from SkyWest… Read More
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Posted on July 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Farnborough Air Show, July 15: Orders summary
Here are the orders and commitments announced today that we saw–there could be others we haven’t seen: Airbus: Avolon (a lessor) ordered 15 A330neos; CIT Aerospace, MOU for 16 A330-900s, five A321neos; SMBC Aviation (lessor), 110 A320neo and… Read More
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Posted on July 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
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Farnborough Air Show, July 15: WA State and Mitsubishi; PW GTF issue revealed, finally;
The news that Mitsubishi will stage flight testing for its new MRJ 90-seat jet program at Moses Lake (WA) is, parochially, good news. And it is exactly the type of non-industrial aerospace business that we’ve been advocating for… Read More
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Posted on July 15, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
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Farnborough Air Show, July 14: Orders Summary
Here are orders that were announced on the first official day of the Farnborough Air Show (at least the ones we’ve seen from Seattle–feel free to add to the list if we’ve missed any): Airbus: from Air Lease… Read More
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Posted on July 14, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
Farnborough Air Show, July 13: CSeries program analysis
The unexpected pre-Farnborough Air Show announcement by Bombardier for letters of intent for up to 24 CS100s is welcome news for the company and the program. Although an announcement by Falko Regional Aircraft Leasing of a firm order… Read More
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Posted on July 13, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
GE analysis post Farnborough
Our wrap up of Farnborough would be incomplete without looking closer at the world’s leading engine supplier, GE Aviation, which together with partners (like SAFRAN in CFM joint venture) garnered more than $36 Billion in orders and commitments… Read More
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Posted on July 28, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm
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