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Odds and Ends: A330neo decision could be near; KC-46A; Countdown to Superbowl; A400M

A330neo decision: Aviation Week reports that a decision to proceed with the Airbus A330neo could be “imminent.” The report also discusses the advocacy by Tim Clark, COO of Emirates Airlines, to re-engine the Airbus A380. As with the… Read More

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 Posted on January 31, 2014 by

 air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney

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Odds and Ends: CSeries timeline; KC-46A roll-out; China’s new airplane

CSeries timeline: Bombardier last week announced a third delay in the CSeries program, this time for as much as a year. This probably should have been expected. BBD originally planned a five year period between program launch and… Read More

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 Posted on January 20, 2014 by

 air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney

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Embraer continues and refines its strategy at the low-end of 100-149 seat sector

While Airbus and Boeing slug it out in the competition for the duopoly and Bombardier struggles to gain respect as an emerging mainline jetliner producer, Embraer continues and refines its strategy in the smaller-end of the jet market… Read More

 19 Comments

 Posted on January 13, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Leeham Co., Pratt & Whitney

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Assessing the Air Canada 737 order: factors that likely played a role

How did Boeing win the Air Canada mainline 150-200 seat jet order when only a couple of weeks ago Flight Global reported the Airbus won the deal? We, too, heard that Airbus seemed to be the favorite, but… Read More

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 Posted on December 11, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney

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The implications of the American-US Airways merger for OEMs

The agreement between American Airlines, US Airways, the US Department of Justice and the states suing to block the merger to settle their lawsuits clears the way for AA-US to merge. This has implications for the Big Four… Read More

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 Posted on November 12, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer

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CFM LEAP accelerating in test program; Airbus and the A350-800

Aviation Week has a long, detailed story about the test program for the CFM LEAP engine, which is accelerating rapidly. In its 737 MAX program update yesterday, Boeing said the LEAP-1B has begun testing and it will benefit… Read More

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 Posted on October 30, 2013 by

 Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, US Airways, YAK

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Odds and Ends: Supply chain demands; Southwest hints?; Retrospective on A320/737 replacements

Supply chain demands: Earlier this week, we talked about the prospect of production wars as Airbus and Boeing ramp up over the next five years, combined with the new entrants and the new offerings from Bombardier and Embraer…. Read More

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 Posted on October 16, 2013 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney

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Odds and Ends: Airbus optimistic on A380 sales; second A350 joins test fleet; CSeries factory progress

A380 Sales: Orders for the Airbus A380 have been dismal, but Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus parent EADS, sees a turn-around in sales. With the forthcoming Boeing 777-9X, which at 400 seats is considerably smaller than the 525-seat… Read More

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 Posted on October 14, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney

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Odds and Ends: Next phase for CSeries; the C-17

Next phase for CSeries: Canada’s Financial Post has a report on how the Bombardier CSeries, powered by the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan engine, is “ushering” in a new era of quiet flight. As we noted in… Read More

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 Posted on September 23, 2013 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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CSeries takes to air for the first time; PW also conducting own tests with new GTF engine

Update: First flight touchdown at 12:24 EDT, 2 1/2 hours. Original Post: Bombardier’s multi-billion dollar gamble to leap from regional airliner manufacturer into the mainline arena took off this morning at about 9:54 AM EDT. The CSeries CS100… Read More

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 Posted on September 16, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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