Sept. 30, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing’s announcement last week that it’s establish a permanent Board level safety committee, realigning some functions and creating new lines of reporting is a good and necessary step. It’s not only good… Read More
Posted on September 30, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
By Vincent Valery Subscription Required June 3, 2019, © Leeham News: The 2019 Paris Air Show kicks off in two weeks at the Le Bourget Exhibition Center. In this preview, we will go over what to expect from… Read More
Posted on June 3, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Premium, Sukhoi
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May 13, 2019, © Leeham News: The regional jetliner industry is on the cusp of a major shift. Bombardier is exiting commercial aviation. The company already is under contract to sell the Q400. It’s CRJ program is for… Read More
Posted on May 13, 2019 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications, Sukhoi
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Subscription Required Introduction Jan. 4, 2019, © Leeham News: This is not the year where China’s COMAC will have break-out progress for the C919, its challenge to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. Flight testing is slow and… Read More
Subscription Required Introduction December 27, 2018, © Leeham News.: In July the CSeries changed from Bombardier to Airbus and in November the Q400 program was sold to Viking Air, the buyer of de Havilland Canada aircraft from Bombardier… Read More
Posted on December 27, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm
July 23, 2018: More than 1,000 new orders and commitments were announced at the Farnborough Air Show last week, a final tally shows. The value was more than $128bn. Credit Suisse issued its post-air show note today with… Read More
Posted on July 23, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
By Alex Derber July 16, 2018, (c) Airfinance Journal: Day One of Farnborough 2018 belonged firmly to Boeing in terms of firm orders, although the US manufacturer saved up many of its largest announcements from deals done earlier in the… Read More
Posted on July 16, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Subscription Required Introduction May 7, 2018, © Leeham News: Single aisle airliner production rates are on a track to hit 1,800 per year by 2022, a new analysis by LNC concludes. This is for aircraft of 100 seats… Read More
By Scott Hamilton March 27, 2018, © Leeham News, Bainbridge Island (WA): The unexpected US order to close the Russian Consulate in Seattle this week set off a media frenzy in this city because two reasons cited were… Read More
Posted on March 27, 2018 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, China, Comac, McDonnell Douglas, Mitsubishi
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By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction February 12, 2018, © Leeham Co.: In the fourth article about the Chinese/Russian wide-body, CR929, we analyzed the engine selection for the aircraft. Now we continue with a first performance analysis of… Read More
Posted on February 12, 2018 by Bjorn Fehrm