“Scope clauses stop aircraft development”
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From zero to 10,000 in 50 years; can COMAC duplicate this achievement?
By Bjorn Fehrm October 19, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus delivered its 10,000 aircraft last week (Figure 1), an A350-900 delivered to Singapore Airlines. Delivering the 10,000 aircraft after 50 years of...
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Bjorn’s Corner: The Engine challenge
By Bjorn Fehrm October 21, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our Corners on East bloc aeronautical industries, we could see that the hardest part to master in a new civilian airliner is the engine. Both new...
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Visit to Bombardier for airBaltic CS300 roll-out
By Bjorn Fehrm October 27, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: This week we have been at Bombardier (BBD) Mirabel Airport outside Montreal to observe the roll out of the airBaltic CS300 CSeries model and to later test...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 1
By Bjorn Fehrm October 28, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Before we go into the details on the innards of airliner turbofans, we will look at some basics. We do that so that everyone is on the same page. A...
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Embraer 3Q2016 results: Stabilized situation
By Bjorn Fehrm 1 November 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Embraer reported slightly better than expected results for 3Q2016, with revenue up by 18% to $1,514m. Gross margin for the company is at a stable 19%...
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Preparing to fly the CSeries
By Bjorn Fehrm November 03, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We were invited to Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal last week for a series of special events. The visit had three purposes: attend the roll out of...
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Bjorn’s corner; Turbofan engine challenges; Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm November 04, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now start to go through a modern turbofan airliner engine and look at the technologies which are used and what are their technical challenges. We...
View ArticleCSeries out of London City Airport
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Flying the CSeries
By Bjorn Fehrm November 09, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: After my preparations at Bombardier (BBD) in Montreal, it was time to take an early flight to BBD’s test center in Wichita (KS) the next day. We spent...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 3
By Bjorn Fehrm November 12, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our trip through a modern turbofan airliner engine and its technologies, we looked last week at the engine intake and the fan. We now continue with...
View ArticleCSeries out of London City Airport, Part 2
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Will Boom succeed where Concorde failed?
By Bjorn Fehrm November 17, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Boom Technology plans to do a 45-seat airliner for supersonic passenger traffic with service entry by 2023. Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic has already...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 4
By Bjorn Fehrm November 18, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In our series on modern turbofan airliner engines, we will now go deeper into the compressor part. Last week, we covered the fundamentals of...
View ArticleIs a Boom SST good business for Virgin Atlantic?
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Emirates feels low-cost, long-haul competition
Note: Nov. 24 and 25 are Thanksgiving Holidays in the US. Our next post will be Monday. By Bjorn Fehrm 23 November 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Emirates Airline president Tim Clark says the carrier “has to...
View ArticleThe Boom SST engine problem
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View ArticleThe Boom SST engine problem, Part 2
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Bjorn’s Corner: Turbofan engine challenges, Part 5
By Bjorn Fehrm December 02, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: We will now look at the combustor area in our series on modern turbofan engines. There is a lot of activity in this area, as it sets the level of...
View ArticleThe Boom SST engine problem, Part 3
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