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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines in operation, Part 3
By Bjorn Fehrm February 3, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: In the last Corner, we went through how our airliner engine reacts to the different phases of flight, including what happens when we operate in a hot...
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Norwegian, from regional to mainline competitor
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 8, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: When SAS (Scandinavian Airlines Systems) canceled Norwegian Air Shuttle’s (NAS) contract to feed its Norwegian network 2002, it had no idea...
View ArticleTrans-Atlantic for $75, does it work?
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines in operation, Part 4
By Bjorn Fehrm February 10, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We now continue our journey how an airline engine is operated during a typical mission. Last week we explained basics for engine control and Take-Off...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines in operation, Part 5
By Bjorn Fehrm February 17, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: In our journey of an airline engine’s life, we will now look at the maintenance which is necessary to keep it fit for flight. An engine is only in top...
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Ryanair: cheapest and most profitable airline in Europe
By Bjorn Fehrm February 22, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Ryanair is Europe’s airline with the lowest fares. And it’s the most profitable, despite growing faster than even the Middle East carriers (growth needs...
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Airbus Group: the old Airbus haunts the new
By Bjorn Fehrm February 24, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus Group (“Airbus”) presented results for 2016 in line with guidance. The Airbus CEO Tom Enders said, “This is the best Airbus, ever.” Yet everything...
View ArticleCSeries trans-Atlantic capability
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines in operation, Part 6
By Bjorn Fehrm February 24, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: After having analyzed how the engine gets stressed during different phases of flight, we now look into how engines are used. The de-rating of engines for...
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AirAsia X; the long route to profitability
By Bjorn Fehrm March 1, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: AirAsia X, the long haul sister of Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia, finally turned a profit during 2016. The airline, which started operation in 2007, had a bumpy...
View ArticleLong-haul cost differences
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engine maintenance, Part 1
By Bjorn Fehrm March 3, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We will now go through how airline turbofans are maintained. First, we will describe the typical work which is performed, then look into the markets for...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engines maintenance, Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm March 10, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Last week we started the series how airline turbofans are maintained. We described the typical work scopes and what the intervals were for different...
View ArticleBoeing 737 MAX 10 analyzed
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Spirit AeroSystems, the world’s largest aerostructures company
A feature report. By Bjorn Fehrm March 15, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Spirit AeroSystems is the world’s largest aerostructures supplier, with main facilities in Wichita (KS). I visited Wichita early March and...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft engine maintenance, Part 3
By Bjorn Fehrm March 17, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: In the last Corner, we showed graphs of the yearly flight hours for engines on single-aisle aircraft. Now we will deduce the market for engine overhauls...
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Is there an NMA gap?
By Bjorn Fehrm March 21, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: The NMA (New Mid-range Aircraft), or, as it’s called more and more, the Boeing 797, is hot. The potential buyers at the recent ISTAT meeting in San Diego...
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easyJet, the Ryanair follower
By Bjorn Fehrm -March 22, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: easyJet started 10 years after Ryanair, using the same Southwest Airlines derived Low Cost Carrier (LCC) business model. easyJet has been expanding at the...
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