30 April 2015, C. Leeham Co: Airbus Group presented their first quarter results today Thursday, a week after Boeing presented theirs. It is a good occasion to look at how these companies performed. We will focus on commercial… Read More
Posted on April 30, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
April 8, 2015: Airbus will unveil a new concept at the international Hamburg interiors convention next week call “Choice” for the economy cabin. The concept is intended to further segment the traveling public demand and increase revenue for… Read More
Posted on April 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 31, 2015: We have received an update for Avolon’s “Aircraft retirement and storage trends” whitepaper from September 2012. In the age of changing fuel prices it makes for interesting reading as the author, Avolon’s Head… Read More
Posted on March 31, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction 01 March 2015, c. Leeham Co: In the first part of the article series around the need for a more capable solution for 180-240 seats and 5,000 nautical miles, we went through… Read More
Subscription Required. Introduction Feb. 3, 2015: Boeing out-delivered Airbus in 2014, for the second year in a row, as the 787 program improved in delivery rates and before the A350 made its first delivery in December. Topping Airbus… Read More
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction 28 Jan 2015: Exactly one week after the first Airbus A350 started regular service between Doha and Frankfurt with Qatar Airways (on 15th of January), upgrades to the A350 capacity was announced by Airbus in a… Read More
Posted on January 28, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Jan. 13, 2015: More from Airbus: Airbus held its annual press conference today in Toulouse, reporting its full year 2014 orders and deliveries results. Our Bjorn Fehrm was there and filed a report from the event. He will… Read More
Posted on January 13, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus announced on Day 1 of its two-day Investors Days that it will shift the A350 program to contract accounting for the first few airplanes, reports UBS Ltd. in its research note wrapping up Day 1. “Airbus has… Read More
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
A350 delivery delayed: U-Turn Al Baker, the CEO of Qatar Airways, has once again become a pain in the tailpipe to an OEM. The delivery of the first Airbus A350-900, set for Saturday, has been indefinitely postponed. Qatar… Read More
Posted on December 10, 2014 by Scott Hamilton
The Zhuhai airshow has not brought the expected slew of announcements from Western aircraft manufacturers. Boeing announced an order for 80 737 MAX Monday but this was characteristically from a leasing company across the Chinese see, SBMC Capital… Read More
Posted on November 13, 2014 by Bjorn Fehrm