CSeries performance improvement demystified
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Pontifications: ExIm reform
By Scott Hamilton July 6, 2015, © Leeham Co. The US ExIm Bank authorization expired last week. As readers know, I’m a strong advocate of renewal of the authorization. Boeing, and other companies, hope...
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Bombardier reports lower 2Q2015 income
July 30, 2015: Bombardier reported lower net income on slightly higher revenues for the second quarter. The press release is here. The earnings call presentation is here....
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Pontifications: Storm warnings ahead
By Scott Hamilton Aug. 17, 2015 (c) Leeham Co: Sometimes I never know what’s going to exercise readers. Sometimes it’s obvious. Last week it wasn’t. Our post last week about the formidable challenges...
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PW chief credited MRJ with ripple effect leading to CSeries, A320neo, 737 MAX...
David Hess, former president of Pratt & Whitney, credits Mitsubishi with the ripple effect that led to new developments at Bombardier, Airbus, Boeing and Embraer. Photo via Google images. Aug. 20,...
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Union leaders stall contract vote for Republic
Republic Airways Holdings appeared to resume its downward trajectory toward a potential bankruptcy when the leadership of its pilots union refused to put the company’s last, best and final and final...
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Bombardier snares Lufthansa’s Nico Buchholz
Bombardier scored a major executive coup with the appointment of Nico Buchholz as Chief of Procurement for the entire company. Nico Buchholz, the new Head of Procurement for Bombardier. Photo via...
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Embraer CEO sees opportunity for 100-seaters in USA
Part 1 Sept. 9, 2015, © Leeham Co.: The chief executive officer of Embraer’s commercial aircraft unit believes a trend might be emerging for US major airlines to directly operate 100- and plus-100 seat...
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Embraer faces new challenge from MRJ90
Part 2 Paulo Cesar, president and CEO of Embraer’s commercial aviation unit. Photo via Google images. Sept. 10, 2015, © Leeham Co. Embraer is the dominant producer of commercial aircraft in the 70-125...
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Flying CS100 over a noise-sensitive airport
Bombardier’s CS100 made its first visit to Toronto today and in the process overflew the City’s Billy Bishop Airport, which is located just off downtown in a noise-sensitive area. The Bombardier CS100...
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New single aisles on home stretch
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...
View ArticleAssessing the China market
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CSeries dilemma: a saga of missed opportunities, bad decisions, stiff...
By Scott Hamilton Oct. 12, 2015, © Leeham Co.: The news agencies, stock markets and aerospace analysts last week went wild when Reuters reported there were talks going on between Bombardier and Airbus...
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50% of something or 100% of nothing: something to consider at Bombardier
By Scott Hamilton On Sunday, The Seattle Times had a long article about whether the Boeing 787 will ever record a profit. Leeham Co’s Bjorn Fehrm is quoted extensively. Oct. 19, 2015, © Leeham Co....
View ArticleWhat’s the trouble with Bombardier and the CSeries?
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Bombardier: $3.2bn charge, $1bn from Quebec
Oct. 29, 2015: Bombardier today announced a US$3.2bn charge against the CSeries program and a $1bn investment from the province of Quebec, about half of what CS100: Certification 97% complete. Photo...
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Bombardier 3Q2015 earnings call
Oct. 29, 2015: “I feel confident in our liquidity going forward,” following the investment by the Quebec government of $1bn in the CSeries program, says Alain Alain Bellemare Bellemare, president and...
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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft programs
By Bjorn Fehrm 30 October 2015, ©. Leeham Co: There has been dramatic news this week around Bombardier’s (BBD) CSeries program. I wrote a subscribers article about what to expect in terms of the cash...
View ArticleWhat’s the trouble with Bombardier and the CSeries, Part2?
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Pointifications: Wide-body orders; Bombardier’s $1bn
By Scott Hamilton Nov. 2, 2015, © Leeham Co. Boeing gets an order for up to 26 787-10s. Airbus firms up options to an order for 30 A330s, added to 45 previously announced by the same customer. Boeing...
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