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Airbus NEO won’t kill CSeries: New study

Airbus’ A320 NEO won’t kill the Bombardier CSeries, a new study concludes, issued today by AirInsight.

The study, “The Business Case for the Bombardier CSeries,” which we co-authored, is discussed on the AirInsight blog.

The study began as an update to AirInsight’s report in December 2009 on the prospect of re-engining the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families. As Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy repeatedly asserted that to re-engine the A320 would kill the business case for the CSeries, AirInsight broadened its update into a full, in-depth study. AirInsight concluded that the business case for the CSeries is sound.

Boeing’s 737 ramp up shows confidence in economy, ‘skyline’ and the unions

The announcement last week that Boeing once again is planning to ramp up production of its venerable 737 line show confidence on a number of levels:

The global economy continues to recover;
The strength of the backlog, aka “skyline,’ is strong;
The efficiency of the Lean production line only gets better; and
The confidence in the labor unions (notably IAM 751) appears to be gaining strength compared with the depths of anger following the 2008 57-day strike and the October 2009 decision to put the second assembly line for the 787 in Charleston (SC).

737 production rate hike, PW’s GTF, Airbus’ A320 NEO

We talk about the prospect of a production rate hike at AirInsight this morning.

Here’s a story from Flight Global taking a detailed, focused look at the Pratt & Whitney P1000G Geared Turbo Fan, which will power the Bombardier CSeries, Irkut MC-21 and Mitsubishi MRJ; and will likely be chosen by Airbus to power the A320 family New Engine Option.
Speaking of the A320 NEO, look for an announcement on September 30 or shortly thereafter giving the green light for this program.
Embraer is also considering whether to reengine its E-Jet series with the GTF.
Flight International has this detailed report on the Bombardier CSeries to be the first airplane to have telemetry for the black box flight data recorder.

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Posted on September 2, 2010 by Scott Hamilton

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

Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing, Boeing 737, Bombardier, Irkut, MC-21, Mitsubishi, MRJ

AirInsight on 787, 747-8 delays; A321 NEO

AirInsight has several commentaries about the news last week of new delays in the Boeing 787 and 747-8 programs; and a discussion about the prospective A321 New Engine Option. The main site is here.

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Posted on August 30, 2010 by Scott Hamilton

Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

A321, A321NEO, Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 747-8, Boeing 787

PW’s GTF, Boeing’s culture, China’s C919 and ARJ21, CSeries

Jon Ostrower of FlightGlobal has this piece about the “bolt-on” of Pratt & Whitney’s P1524G PurePower Geared Turbo Fan. The PurePower, also known as the Geared Turbo Fan, is the engine designed for Bombardier’s CSeries, with larger versions anticipated for development to re-engine the Airbus A320 family and potentially for application to the replacement airplane for the Boeing 737.

PW’s PurePower website is here.

Airbus said at the Farnborough Air Show that it has made the business case to re-engine the family, and it will conclude the study by the end of September whether engineering resources will be freed up to proceed with the project. We believe Airbus will green-light the program, with an announcement at the end of next month or in October.

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Airbus NEO won’t kill CSeries: New study

Boeing’s 737 ramp up shows confidence in economy, ‘skyline’ and the unions

737 production rate hike, PW’s GTF, Airbus’ A320 NEO

AirInsight on 787, 747-8 delays; A321 NEO

PW’s GTF, Boeing’s culture, China’s C919 and ARJ21, CSeries

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