Re: Leeham: VLA era is over; are 779/A35K too large?

"If only we knew what "guaranteed" meant and more importantly what the terms are." Wingman, your linked article does show a possible number though. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/10/21/airbus-seeks-cut-repayments-government-controversial-launch/ "How much is paid b...

Re: Boeing has given the 3 Major Engine Manufacturers until June 27 to submit their 797 engine proposals

Re: Boeing has given the 3 Major Engine Manufacturers until June 27 to submit their 797 engine proposals

This is an interesting note in Jon's article... :scratchchin: "Historically, picking a power plant has closely preceded the formal launch of the aircraft. Boeing made its pick of General Electric and Rolls-Royce engines for the 787 (then-7E7) just 20 days before All Nippon Airways placed the je...

Re: The A380 from a Part-Out perspective.

The A380 from a Part-Out perspective.

Here's a piece form MRO-Network.com regarding the A380's aftermarket opportunities. Article title: "Part-Out Specialists Lukewarm On Second Hand A380s" So A380 lovers beware... :talktothehand: My first thought when seeing the article title, I was a bit surprised. I would have thought that ...

Re: Case registered against Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes

From the washington Post/AP... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/report-india-launches-corruption-probe-of-airline-airasia/2018/05/29/9d813c66-635a-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3ddbf01b5460 "NEW DELHI — Indian investigators reportedly filed a cor...

Re: Boeing 797 Discussion Thread - 2018

Here's one of the articles for FG regarding the potential CFM Leap derivative... https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/leap-derivative-likely-in-cfms-bid-for-nma-engine-446993/ "A CFM International engine for Boeing’s New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) would be a growth version of the Leap seri...

Re: A400M Update

And then there's this from FG: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/state-department-approves-sale-of-six-c-130j-super-h-448358/ "The US State Department approved the sale of six Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport and tanker aircraft to Germany for an estimated $1.4 billion, ...

Re: Boeing 797 Discussion Thread - 2018

Why are you so sensitive when I suggest that for an NMA from launch to service it might be a good idea to conservatively assume 7-8 years, like recent programs (787, 777X) ? There's an on-going narrative here that NMA must be as big a project as 787 yet when you look at it with any sort of objectiv...

Re: Future of the A338

Leeham believes 789 costs are down to about $80 million. They also estimate price of the AA 787s at $88 million. Not a lot of profit, but not dumping either. I hadn't seen that. Do you have a link? Rgds 787 production costs https://leehamnews.com/2018/02/20/boeing-displaces-airbus-hawaiian-wins-787...

Re: NetJets Fleet

Thank you all for the responses very insightful. Interesting to me that they have really jumped on the Bombardier Global Express bandwagon at the expense of the Gulfstreams. Completely understand it from a comfort standpoint the Globals having a much wider cabin than the Gulfstream however so many ...

Re: 777 P2F program has launch customer

amdiesen "What the article omits is the comparatively substantial performance penalty of the converted frames." According to the chart in the article you quoted, there is a 1,200 pound payload difference between the 767F and 767BCF (1% in favor of 767F). And a range increase of 45 nm (1.5%...

Re: American A320 Retirement

mjoelnir wrote:

Perhaps the early A320 hold better up to usage than theearly 737-800.

Re: A330-800 out, B787-9 in at Hawaiian? -Leeham

Scott at leehamnews has updated his comments on this matter... https://leehamnews.com/2018/02/26/pontifications-oems-hike-list-prices/#more-26421 "Subsequently, the airline said the A330-800 contract is still in place. I’ll concede I should have written that Hawaiian is “to” cancel the order (f...

Re: C-46 over downtown Miami

Re: A330-800 out, B787-9 in at Hawaiian? -Leeham

Why does my cynical old brain get the impression someone at Airbus might have planted this story to get Leeham to broadcast this rumour, in order to flush Boeing and Hawaiian out? Now that Hawaiian have had to publicly comment https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hawaiians-a330-800-order-rema...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines to order 10-20 B777X

Don't forget the 311t & 316t variants of the A350-1000.

Re: Qantas defines ULR requirements, delays order decision

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2017 Orders

Boeings weekly update: "Changes since last update: One new order (Unidentified Customer(s) for one 747). In the changes category, reduced 737 orders by one and 787 orders by one." Also saw this from reuters... "PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech airline Travel Service said on Thursday it had si...

Re: Germany Considers Tornado Replacement

So, after several hundred replies on this thread... We end up with pictures of Emmanuel Macron and (the "late")Angela Merkel promising a euro f-35?

Seems like a wonderful use of tax payers money...

Loving this!

Re: Airbus Working With Emirates on New Order for Flagship A380

The following article states more reasons why this A380 deal is harder to get done. The second hand market view is particularly interesting... https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/airbus-faces-tricky-hurdles-over-stalled-a380-emirates-183035355--sector.html "For Emirates, the problem runs deeper ...

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2017 Orders

The breakdown is: "The Dublin-based leasing group, founded by Chief Executive Domhnal Slattery, agreed to buy 55 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and 20 of the higher-capacity Boeing 737 MAX 10, Bohai said in a filing. It may order an additional 20 of the main 737 MAX 8 version, it added." https:...

Re: China to order 300 Boeings

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-asia-china-deals-boeing/boeing-signs-deal-to-sell-300-planes-worth-37-billion-to-china-idUSKBN1D91BZ Check out the link! It says: State-run China Aviation Supplies, which leases planes to Chinese airlines, said the order was for 260 B-737s as well as 40 B777s...

Re: News about new World Airways (ULCC start up)

I don't see any airline or aviation experience in the groups core businesses. :scratchchin: That doesn't bode well for a start up... From the article: About 777 Partners 777 Partners is a Miami based investment firm focused on a broad spectrum of specialty finance businesses, asset originators and f...

Re: Emirates reports 111% increase in profits

As a point of reference, Emirates Airlines recent annual profits were:

2014 - $1.3B
2015 - $1.9B
2016 - $340m

Re: Airbus CEO warns of significant impact from corruption probes

From NYTimes.... It looks like this could a lot worse from the US side. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/business/airbus-us-arms.html "The aircraft manufacturer Airbus said on Tuesday that it may have violated United States rules on arms exports, potentially expanding a corruption investigati...

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2017 Orders

Boeing's weekly update...

Changes since last update: 40 new orders (Unidentified Customer(s) for 30 737s and ten 777s). Identified Singapore Airlines for 20 777s and 19 787s previously listed as unidentified.

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2017 Orders

Here is a different article: http://www.livemint.com/Companies/ggSWkShqe4I5RW2mBDy31O/Jet-Airways-to-buy-100-narrowbody-aircraft-as-India-demand.html "The carrier is in talks with planemakers to buy 75 to 100 single-aisle jets in the current fiscal year, chief executive officer Vinay Dube said ...

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2017 Orders

Re: U.S. Dept of Commerce backs Boeing in dispute with Bombardier

A little crack in the armor of the UK/Canada team... Form bloomberg: "The U.K. is said to see Canada as primarily responsible for the trade dispute between Boeing Co. and Bombardier Inc. because of the level of its state aid to the aerospace company. Publicly, the British government has said th...

Re: Cseries orders for 2017

I wonder what this will do with Brazil's separate complaint with the World Trade Organization focused on what it claims amount to $4 billion in illegal subsidies from the Canadian government.??

WTO will take longer, but not looking good for C-Series.

Too early for popcorn?

Re: Qatar orders additional 77W and 748F

Bloomberg has this piece on the matter... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-25/qatar-air-mulls-new-boeing-747-freighter-order-as-cargo-booms Unintended Boon "“I’m pleased to tell you today that in fact the blockade has quite the opposite impact on our business to the one intended,...

Re: Boeing to accelerate 787 production, increases accounting block

In the last quarterly report, deferred production costs really started to drop in earnest after Boeing went through some significant cost cutting efforts. Let's wait and see how much they drop in the coming quarters and once the rate hits 14 a month to see if charges are even necessary. A bigger ac...

Re: A330neo MTOW increase

BTW I saw the MEO prototype a few hrs ago at TLS Massive Engine Option? :D This is how you can tell that this is Fake news... "This new variant requires a significant increase in resources to achieve the programme targets of first Flight in 2019." https://targetjobs.co.uk/employer-hubs/ai...

Re: JAL orders additional 787s

It also mentions using them on the domestic network so the shorter, lighter aircraft could be just what they need. In addition no delivery dates mentioned except the airline wants them in the fleet and working "by 2020". Could these four be 788 cancellations or deferments from another car...

Re: CX firms up A321neo order, rejigs A350 order book

What was the original delivery target for these swapped and deferred A35k's?

Re: RE: Germany To Choose Between Chinook And CH-53K

And yet amazingly France and Germany continue with plans for a joint C-130 squadron... Not for tankering helos though. IMU they want a C160 comparable platform for special forces insertion. The extended hose is a very poor substitute. While it may help the A400M prop wash issue somewhat, it makes t...

Re: Future of 777X

The just announced United deal opens the possibility of the 779 filling the role of 773ER/747 replacement... Can't wait for Keesje's spin on the loss of 35 of his beloved A350-1000s...