Sept. 16, 2015, © Leeham Co., Mobile (AL): The opening of the Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line here achieves a major set of goals set by the company 10 years ago for its own strategic purposes, but… Read More
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm 16 Sep 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing released pictures yesterday of the first 737 MAX 8 being on the Renton Final Assembly Line (FAL) having completed the wing-to-body joins. With the Airbus A320neo now flying again… Read More
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Aug. 31 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Last week we started to look at Boeing’s 767 to see if it can serve the passenger and range space which is not well covered by modern… Read More
Posted on August 31, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
22 August 2015, ©. Leeham Co: The Russian air show MAKS is taking place in Moscow, on the airfield of Zhukovsky, Southeast of Moscow. The town of Zhukovsky is called the Aero-City of the Russian federation. It houses… Read More
Posted on August 28, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
Aug. 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Conventional wisdom credits Bombardier’s CSeries with being the disruptor that prompted Airbus to launch the A320neo, which in turn caused Boeing to launch the 737 MAX and Embraer to launch its E-Jet E2…. Read More
Posted on August 20, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. July 30, 2015 © Leeham Co. Rolls-Royce and Safran, the parent company of CFM partner Snecma, released their Q2 and first half 2015 earnings today. It is interesting to compare these companies as… Read More
Posted on July 31, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction July 6, 2015, © Leeham Co. Bombardier presented a slew of new data for their CSeries aircraft during Paris Air Show. Listening to Bombardier (BBD) officials it sounded like there was only… Read More
Posted on July 6, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction June 23, 2015, © Leeham Co. CFM International went through 1,000 iterations before settling on the final design for the LEAP engines that will power the Airbus A320neo, the Boeing 737 MAX… Read More
Posted on July 2, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
25 June 2015, © Leeham Co: With a few days in the office one can look back at Paris Air Show with a bit of perspective. So what are the impressions? It was surprising how many orders… Read More
Posted on June 26, 2015 by Bjorn Fehrm
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737 MAX, 787, A320NEO, A330neo, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce
June 8, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Bombardier suppliers, already squeezed by Airbus and Boeing to cut costs and prices, will soon face a new effort from Bombardier to do the same. The new chief executive officer, Alain Bellemare, last… Read More
Posted on June 8, 2015 by Scott Hamilton
Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney
737, 777, A319, A320, Airbus, Alain Bellemare, Boeing, Bombardier, CS100, CS300, CS500, CSeries, E-190, Embraer, Global 7000, Global 8000, Henri Coupron, IATA, International Air Transport Assn., John Leahy, Lear 85, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies