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LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner
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10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S 10 Minutes About: Boeing, Calhoun’s extension and Smith’s retirement. April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70. Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, hecan finish
HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF HYDROGEN. PART 29. GAS March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU research projects. COLLAPSE OF BOEING-EMBRAER JV GIVES MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. June 4, 2021; Boeing, Alaska team for next round of ecoDemonstrator research June 3, 2021; Widebody availability set to surge; could new entrants take advantage? PRATT & WHITNEY ARCHIVES Summary. The 717 version of the DC-9 architecture produced a rugged and well-liked short-haul airliner. It’s five abreast cabin is preferred over the six-abreast Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. COVID PRODUCTION RATES "FIRM" UP There is a big difference. According to Bjorn’s article Airbus gets paid for a postponed delivery. Boeing gets nothing for parking their MAX. And later when the new synthetic AoA system, the new crew alerting system and the stickshaker cut out switches are HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S 10 Minutes About: Boeing, Calhoun’s extension and Smith’s retirement. April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70. Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, hecan finish
HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF HYDROGEN. PART 29. GAS March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU research projects. COLLAPSE OF BOEING-EMBRAER JV GIVES MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. June 4, 2021; Boeing, Alaska team for next round of ecoDemonstrator research June 3, 2021; Widebody availability set to surge; could new entrants take advantage? PRATT & WHITNEY ARCHIVES Summary. The 717 version of the DC-9 architecture produced a rugged and well-liked short-haul airliner. It’s five abreast cabin is preferred over the six-abreast Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. COVID PRODUCTION RATES "FIRM" UP There is a big difference. According to Bjorn’s article Airbus gets paid for a postponed delivery. Boeing gets nothing for parking their MAX. And later when the new synthetic AoA system, the new crew alerting system and the stickshaker cut out switches are HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF AIRLINER DEVELOPMENT April 30, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we scaled a nine-seat aircraft to a 19-seat aircraft and examined some of the pros and cons of such a change. The aircraft are certified to the 14 CFR Part 23 rules in the US, labeled “Normal Category Aircraft“.. This week we scale the aircraft up one step further to understand product certification and operation rules for the larger Transport CHEAP ALUMINUM WIDEBODIES MAY FINALLY ENABLE LONG-HAUL LCC Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
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Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 7. Transport Category Aircraft June 11, 2021; Cheap aluminum widebodies may finally enable long-haul LCC profitability June 10, 2021; Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June7, 2021
DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. AIRPLANE CERTIFICATION ARCHIVES Leeham News and Analysis. Cheap aluminum widebodies may finally enable long-haul LCC profitability June 10, 2021; Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021 HOTR: AIRBUS, BOEING R&D SPENDING CONTINUES DECLINE JakDak, just to clarify, the 777x load test was a success, and occurred before main production had really begun. Whatever mods were required (if any) would be PONTIFICATIONS: BLEAK NEAR- TO MID-TERM FUTURE FOR ROLLS Agree RR getting out of the NB business doesn’t look a like a good idea. I wonder though, how strong RR’s negotiating position was. Maybe, after decades of investing, PW finally got the GTF right (2008) and didn’t need RR to share in their innovation finally paying off. HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. THE SQUEEZE ON EMBRAER John Slattery, the CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation (ECA), said he could not compete against the marketing might of Airbus alone. In fact, he lost a key customer when jetBlue ordered the A220-300 instead of the E195-E2 to replace 60 E190-E1s. BOEING HAS $15BN IN LIQUIDITY AND CAN SURVIVE IN SHORT When the upper end fails, we pay, always been true, I don’t see that changing ever. Essentially is a question of trying to save the people at the lower levels vs the muck up of the uppers. LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
FINALLY, BOEING MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION In Boeing’s NMA concept, the NMA-6 and NMA-7 were above the A321, not competitive with it. The nominal configurations were 225, 270 and 200 seats respectively. The three-member NMA family directly takes on the A321neo and fills the gap above. HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. 10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S 10 Minutes About: Boeing, Calhoun’s extension and Smith’s retirement. April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70. Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, hecan finish
COLLAPSE OF BOEING-EMBRAER JV GIVES MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. June 4, 2021; Boeing, Alaska team for next round of ecoDemonstrator research June 3, 2021; Widebody availability set to surge; could new entrants take advantage? PONTIFICATIONS: FOR BOEING, THE FUTURE IS A NEW AIRPLANE Boeing has a plethora of problems ahead of itself which include product strategy gaps & issues courtesy the McNerney’ decade, 787 quality issues, a $60 billion debt mountain, cleaning up of the 737 MAX mess with damages and compensation, wide-body weakness since 2015 exacerbated further by COVID19 and the latest grounding of the PW4000 powered 777s following another aerial scare DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. WHY IS THE 737 MAX SAFE NOW WHEN IT WASN’T BEFORE The original design of a smoothing software for the 737 MAX flight control system was badly implemented. It’s not the changes to the 737 MAX base aircraft that makes it unsafe, such as larger engines, it was an unusually sloppy implementation of the smoothing software, called MCAS, that was flawed. MCAS is now properly implemented andtested.
LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
FINALLY, BOEING MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION In Boeing’s NMA concept, the NMA-6 and NMA-7 were above the A321, not competitive with it. The nominal configurations were 225, 270 and 200 seats respectively. The three-member NMA family directly takes on the A321neo and fills the gap above. HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. 10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S 10 Minutes About: Boeing, Calhoun’s extension and Smith’s retirement. April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70. Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, hecan finish
COLLAPSE OF BOEING-EMBRAER JV GIVES MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. June 4, 2021; Boeing, Alaska team for next round of ecoDemonstrator research June 3, 2021; Widebody availability set to surge; could new entrants take advantage? PONTIFICATIONS: FOR BOEING, THE FUTURE IS A NEW AIRPLANE Boeing has a plethora of problems ahead of itself which include product strategy gaps & issues courtesy the McNerney’ decade, 787 quality issues, a $60 billion debt mountain, cleaning up of the 737 MAX mess with damages and compensation, wide-body weakness since 2015 exacerbated further by COVID19 and the latest grounding of the PW4000 powered 777s following another aerial scare DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. WHY IS THE 737 MAX SAFE NOW WHEN IT WASN’T BEFORE The original design of a smoothing software for the 737 MAX flight control system was badly implemented. It’s not the changes to the 737 MAX base aircraft that makes it unsafe, such as larger engines, it was an unusually sloppy implementation of the smoothing software, called MCAS, that was flawed. MCAS is now properly implemented andtested.
THE IMPACT OF HIGHER INFLATION ON OEMS AND AIRLINES The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the USA increased by 4.2% year-over-year in April 2021. The leading causes of the increase are higher commodity prices and worker and material shortages in HOTR: AIRBUS' VIEW ON RECOVERY FROM COVID; WHY SOUTHWEST Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF AIRLINER DEVELOPMENT April 30, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we scaled a nine-seat aircraft to a 19-seat aircraft and examined some of the pros and cons of such a change. The aircraft are certified to the 14 CFR Part 23 rules in the US, labeled “Normal Category Aircraft“.. This week we scale the aircraft up one step further to understand product certification and operation rules for the larger Transport HOTR: LEASE RATES, AIRCRAFT VALUES CONTINUE TO PLUNGE Only E190LR, 737-800, 737-900ER and 777-2LRF fell. The monthly lease rate for the A330-300 with $0.29m is 0.54% of its $54m value. This 0.54% is the lowest percentage of all 12 planes, this means leasing companies have many in stock. The next low lease rate vs value has theA350-900.
IT'S OFFICIAL: BOEING TO CONSOLIDATE 787 PRODUCTION IN Oct. 1, 2020, (c) Leeham News: It’s official: Boeing confirmed this morning what has been expected since late July: 787 production will be consolidated in Charleston at its 787 final assembly line. Consolidation will be from mid-2021, earlier than the previously announced 2022 date. Production next year will decline to 6/mo. BOEING'S DILEMMA IN THE 125-170 SEAT SECTOR A lot of attention goes to these two Boeing airplane programs and the +200 seat sector. However, the single-aisle market below 170 seats is the next arena that needs updating. PODCAST: 10 MINUTES ABOUT THE UNITED-BOOM SST AGREEMENT Leeham News and Analysis. The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF AIRLINER DEVELOPMENT June 04, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we examined operating and product certification rules related to 9-seater air taxis and commuters.We took the example of the new Tecnam P2012 Traveller to study the certification rules for a 9-seater. Now we upsize the aircraft to understand the pros and cons of adding extra seats. EASA CERTIFICATION ARCHIVES Leeham News and Analysis. Cheap aluminum widebodies may finally enable long-haul LCC profitability June 10, 2021; Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021 CHEAP ALUMINUM WIDEBODIES MAY FINALLY ENABLE LONG-HAUL LCC Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
FINALLY, BOEING MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION In Boeing’s NMA concept, the NMA-6 and NMA-7 were above the A321, not competitive with it. The nominal configurations were 225, 270 and 200 seats respectively. The three-member NMA family directly takes on the A321neo and fills the gap above. BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF HYDROGEN. PART 29. GAS March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU research projects. HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? 10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70.Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, he can finish structuring Boeing and presumably launch a new airplane program. PONTIFICATIONS: FOR BOEING, THE FUTURE IS A NEW AIRPLANE Boeing has a plethora of problems ahead of itself which include product strategy gaps & issues courtesy the McNerney’ decade, 787 quality issues, a $60 billion debt mountain, cleaning up of the 737 MAX mess with damages and compensation, wide-body weakness since 2015 exacerbated further by COVID19 and the latest grounding of the PW4000 powered 777s following another aerial scare HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP Given the current step-down in production rates to five and if Boeing continued to produce 787s at the lower rate, another 70-80 planes could be produced this year. DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. COLLAPSE OF BOEING-EMBRAER JV GIVES MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. June 4, 2021; Boeing, Alaska team for next round of ecoDemonstrator research June 3, 2021; Widebody availability set to surge; could new entrants take advantage? WHY IS THE 737 MAX SAFE NOW WHEN IT WASN’T BEFORE Interesting to see an acknowledgement that, in the base-case 737 MAX, the pilot is the “third sensor” in MCAS. Let’s hope we never get a situation in which the flight crew is distracted at a juncture where they actually have to act as “third sensor”, e.g. because LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
FINALLY, BOEING MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION In Boeing’s NMA concept, the NMA-6 and NMA-7 were above the A321, not competitive with it. The nominal configurations were 225, 270 and 200 seats respectively. The three-member NMA family directly takes on the A321neo and fills the gap above. HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? 10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70.Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, he can finish structuring Boeing and presumably launch a new airplane program. BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF HYDROGEN. PART 29. GAS March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU research projects. PONTIFICATIONS: FOR BOEING, THE FUTURE IS A NEW AIRPLANE Boeing has a plethora of problems ahead of itself which include product strategy gaps & issues courtesy the McNerney’ decade, 787 quality issues, a $60 billion debt mountain, cleaning up of the 737 MAX mess with damages and compensation, wide-body weakness since 2015 exacerbated further by COVID19 and the latest grounding of the PW4000 powered 777s following another aerial scare HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP Given the current step-down in production rates to five and if Boeing continued to produce 787s at the lower rate, another 70-80 planes could be produced this year. DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. WHY IS THE 737 MAX SAFE NOW WHEN IT WASN’T BEFORE Interesting to see an acknowledgement that, in the base-case 737 MAX, the pilot is the “third sensor” in MCAS. Let’s hope we never get a situation in which the flight crew is distracted at a juncture where they actually have to act as “third sensor”, e.g. because THE IMPACT OF HIGHER INFLATION ON OEMS AND AIRLINES The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the USA increased by 4.2% year-over-year in April 2021. The leading causes of the increase are higher commodity prices and worker and material shortages in PODCAST: 10 MINUTES ABOUT THE UNITED-BOOM SST AGREEMENT Leeham News and Analysis. The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
PONTIFICATIONS: QATAR, UNITED, BOOM, AIRBUS AND AERION Leeham News and Analysis. HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. CHEAP ALUMINUM WIDEBODIES MAY FINALLY ENABLE LONG-HAUL LCC Leeham News and Analysis. Podcast: 10 Minutes About the United-Boom SST agreement June 8, 2021; The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
COLLAPSE OF BOEING-EMBRAER JV GIVES MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT Leeham News and Analysis. Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. June 4, 2021; Boeing, Alaska team for next round of ecoDemonstrator research June 3, 2021; Widebody availability set to surge; could new entrants take advantage? BOEING'S DILEMMA IN THE 125-170 SEAT SECTOR A lot of attention goes to these two Boeing airplane programs and the +200 seat sector. However, the single-aisle market below 170 seats is the next arena that needs updating. BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF AIRLINER DEVELOPMENT June 04, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we examined operating and product certification rules related to 9-seater air taxis and commuters.We took the example of the new Tecnam P2012 Traveller to study the certification rules for a 9-seater. Now we upsize the aircraft to understand the pros and cons of adding extra seats. PONTIFICATIONS: FOR BOEING, THE FUTURE IS A NEW AIRPLANE Boeing has a plethora of problems ahead of itself which include product strategy gaps & issues courtesy the McNerney’ decade, 787 quality issues, a $60 billion debt mountain, cleaning up of the 737 MAX mess with damages and compensation, wide-body weakness since 2015 exacerbated further by COVID19 and the latest grounding of the PW4000 powered 777s following another aerial scare BOOM OVERTURE ARCHIVES Leeham News and Analysis. The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
HOTR: LEASE RATES, AIRCRAFT VALUES CONTINUE TO PLUNGE I don’t have the numbers from 6 weeks ago, but Scott offered the numbers from 17 July, so 24 days ago and that doesn’t look bad.Values for A320ceo,
LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS June 04, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we examined operating and product certification rules related to 9-seater air taxis and commuters.We took the example of the new Tecnam P2012 Traveller to study the certification rules for a 9-seater. Now we upsize the aircraft to understand the pros and cons of adding extra seats. (UPDATED) AIRBUS 1Q2021, A STRONG QUARTER IN DIFFICULT Sounds like the aero structures set up of old is back. Aerospatiale in France, DASA in Germany ( tba BAE in Britain).all that’s changed is the names on the buildings. HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? 10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S 10 Minutes About: Boeing, Calhoun’s extension and Smith’s retirement. April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70. Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, hecan finish
BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF HYDROGEN. PART 29. GAS March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU research projects. DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. HOTR: LEASE RATES, AIRCRAFT VALUES CONTINUE TO PLUNGE Only E190LR, 737-800, 737-900ER and 777-2LRF fell. The monthly lease rate for the A330-300 with $0.29m is 0.54% of its $54m value. This 0.54% is the lowest percentage of all 12 planes, this means leasing companies have many in stock. The next low lease rate vs value has theA350-900.
OUTLOOK 2021: BOEING NEEDS BORING, AIRBUS LOOKS FOR Boeing needs a boring year. Airbus is clearly better positioned than Boeing. Twenty-twenty one is a year of recovery for Boeing. It must dig out from a very deep hole. Airbus reported that it hit cash break-even in the third quarter. But the company is not out of thewoods yet.
LEEHAM NEWS AND ANALYSIS June 04, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we examined operating and product certification rules related to 9-seater air taxis and commuters.We took the example of the new Tecnam P2012 Traveller to study the certification rules for a 9-seater. Now we upsize the aircraft to understand the pros and cons of adding extra seats. (UPDATED) AIRBUS 1Q2021, A STRONG QUARTER IN DIFFICULT Sounds like the aero structures set up of old is back. Aerospatiale in France, DASA in Germany ( tba BAE in Britain).all that’s changed is the names on the buildings. HOTR: PORTER CONFIRMED AS CUSTOMER IN E195-E2 DEAL Embraer said the first deliveries will be next year. According to LNA’s information, the first of 12 E195-E2s will be delivered in the middle of next year. Another 18 will be delivered in 2023. Since Porter Airlines denied being the one that ordered the E2, or that it had lease agreements, the obvious question is, who is the customer? 10 MINUTES ABOUT: BOEING, CALHOUN'S EXTENSION AND SMITH'S 10 Minutes About: Boeing, Calhoun’s extension and Smith’s retirement. April 21, 2021, (c) Leeham News: Boeing announceed April 20 that the Board extended CEO David Calhoun’s mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70. Calhoun was 64 on April 18 and had one year to accomplish everything that needs to be done. Now, with six years, hecan finish
BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF HYDROGEN. PART 29. GAS March 19, 2021, ©. Leeham News: This week we look deeper into the gains we can have for a hydrogen gas turbine-propelled airliner. The ideas stem from the work of Chalmers Professor T. Grönstedt’s team in different EU research projects. DE HAVILLAND TO PAUSE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR AFTER BACKLOG I think the modified -600 series of the ATR’s, glass cockpit, more efficient engines, quieter props, new interiors (+the optimized -600F) is what put the faster, heavier, less efficient and more expensive Q400s into problems. HOTR: BOEING COULD FURTHER CUT 787 PRODUCTION RATE—JP It’s difficult to see delivering ~120 787s in this market in 2021, which would leave Boeing to decide between further cuts or holding inventory for longer. For now, we assume ~70 787 deliveries in 2021, slightly above production, with most of the unwind occurring in 2022-23 with production at 5/mo and deliveries of ~7/mo. DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE HNA GROUP HNA Group is a big conglomerate. Like GM in the good old days. The unsustainable debt is at the group level I believe. From Bloomberg “Founded as an airline in the 1990s by chairman Chen Feng, HNA emerged from near obscurity half a decade ago to become the standard bearer for a cabal of Chinese empire builders that borrowed rapidly buy up trophy assets around the globe. HOTR: LEASE RATES, AIRCRAFT VALUES CONTINUE TO PLUNGE Only E190LR, 737-800, 737-900ER and 777-2LRF fell. The monthly lease rate for the A330-300 with $0.29m is 0.54% of its $54m value. This 0.54% is the lowest percentage of all 12 planes, this means leasing companies have many in stock. The next low lease rate vs value has theA350-900.
OUTLOOK 2021: BOEING NEEDS BORING, AIRBUS LOOKS FOR Boeing needs a boring year. Airbus is clearly better positioned than Boeing. Twenty-twenty one is a year of recovery for Boeing. It must dig out from a very deep hole. Airbus reported that it hit cash break-even in the third quarter. But the company is not out of thewoods yet.
PONTIFICATIONS: THE WING OF TOMORROW AND AIRBUS' FUTURE Airbus seems ready to up the ante by re-winging the A320 series, according to an article last week by Bloomberg News.. The “Wing for Tomorrow,” as Airbus calls it, has been in the works for years. THE IMPACT OF HIGHER INFLATION ON OEMS AND AIRLINES The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the USA increased by 4.2% year-over-year in April 2021. The leading causes of the increase are higher commodity prices and worker and material shortages in IT'S OFFICIAL: BOEING TO CONSOLIDATE 787 PRODUCTION IN Download. Oct. 1, 2020, (c) Leeham News: It’s official: Boeing confirmed this morning what has been expected since late July: 787 production will be consolidated in Charleston at its 787 final assembly line. Consolidation will be from mid-2021, earlier than the previously announced 2022 date. Production next year will decline to6/mo.
PODCAST: 10 MINUTES ABOUT THE UNITED-BOOM SST AGREEMENT Leeham News and Analysis. The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
PONTIFICATIONS: QATAR, UNITED, BOOM, AIRBUS AND AERION Leeham News and Analysis. HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 6. Adding seats. BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF AIRLINER DEVELOPMENT June 04, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we examined operating and product certification rules related to 9-seater air taxis and commuters.We took the example of the new Tecnam P2012 Traveller to study the certification rules for a 9-seater. Now we upsize the aircraft to understand the pros and cons of adding extra seats. COVID PRODUCTION RATES "FIRM" UP There is a big difference. According to Bjorn’s article Airbus gets paid for a postponed delivery. Boeing gets nothing for parking their MAX. And later when the new synthetic AoA system, the new crew alerting system and the stickshaker cut out switches are BOEING'S DILEMMA IN THE 125-170 SEAT SECTOR A lot of attention goes to these two Boeing airplane programs and the +200 seat sector. However, the single-aisle market below 170 seats is the next arena that needs updating. BOOM OVERTURE ARCHIVES Leeham News and Analysis. The impact of higher inflation on OEMs and Airlines June 7, 2021; Pontifications: Qatar, United, Boom, Airbus and Aerion June 7, 2021; HOTR: 500 “destinations” for Boom goes bust June 4, 2021; Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airlinerdevelopment.
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* Mitsubishi’s MHIRJ expanding MRO floor space by 100,000 sfJune 1, 2021
HOTR: 500 “DESTINATIONS” FOR BOOM GOES BUST JUNE 4, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: “Overture can connect more than 500destinations.”
That’s what United Airlines said in its press release this week about its “commercial agreement” with Boom Supersonic. UAL “ordered” 15 Overture airplanes with an option for 35 more. “More than 500 destinations” leaves a lot of room for interpretation. _LNA_ understands this to mean 500 cities. If UAL and Boom meant “city pairs,” then this commonly used term should havebeen used.
The common dictionary definition is “the place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken.” Examples used in the definition are, “The Virgin Islands are a popular tourist destination,” or a “holiday destination.” More on point, one example used is quite common in airline lingo: the term “final destination.” So, this lends to the interpretation “500 destinations” means 500“cities.”
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By Bjorn Fehrm, Henry Tam, and Andrew Telesca. JUNE 04, 2021, ©. LEEHAM NEWS: Last week, we examined operating and product certification rules related to 9-seater air taxis and commuters. We took the example of the new Tecnam P2012 Traveller to study the certification rules for a 9-seater. Now we upsize the aircraft to understand the pros and cons of adding extra seats. The Viking Twin Otter, the only in-production 19-seater. Source:Viking Air
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BOEING, ALASKA TEAM FOR NEXT ROUND OF ECODEMONSTRATOR RESEARCHBy Scott Hamilton
JUNE 3, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: Boeing and Alaska Airlines today outlined a five month ecoDemonstrator program in a series of tests designed to “green up” commercial aviation. Boeing partnered with airlines and suppliers beginning in 2012. Alaska is the eighth airline to participate. A Boeing 737-9 will be thecurrent platform.
Boeing will flight test 20 technologies and ideas with Alaska beginning June 29 and ending Dec. 2. Not all ideas fall strictly within “new technologies.” Some are weight-reduction initiatives that aggregate to lower airplane weight, which in turn reduces fuel burn. This in turn reduces carbonemissions.
But other ideas directly go to environmental efforts addressing noise, emissions and now COVID infectious worries.Read more
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WIDEBODY AVAILABILITY SET TO SURGE; COULD NEW ENTRANTS TAKE ADVANTAGE? SUBSCRIPTION REQUIREDBY JUDSON ROLLINS
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JUNE 3, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: Lessors are expected to write down the value of their widebodies as the long-haul travel slump appears set to extend well beyond this year, _LNA_ reportedlast week.
A tidal wave of excess widebodies has reduced ownership costs to historic lows. Prices will only go lower as lessors finally initiate distressed-asset sales, and lease rates will continue to fall as used widebody inventory grows. A confluence of factors, topped by the availability of lower-cost used widebodies, could increase the cost advantage of low-cost carriers over legacy competitors – at the same time reduced business travel and lower yields reduce the gap between legacy and LCC unit revenue.SUMMARY
* Widebody availability is set to increase steadily throughout thedecade.
* What airplanes are likely to be most attractive? * Sustainably lower costs could enable low-cost carriers to overcome a shrunken “revenue gap.”Read more
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MITSUBISHI’S MHIRJ EXPANDING MRO FLOOR SPACE BY 100,000 SF SUBSCRIPTION REQUIREDBY SCOTT HAMILTON
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JUNE 1, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: It’s been one year today since Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) closed the acquisition of Bombardier’s CRJ program and global aftermarket support system.In that
year, MHI “suspended” development of the M90/M100 SpaceJet regional airliner, reduced funding by 99% and all but shuttered its business. The entire airline and aerospace supply chain industry believes MHI won’t restart the program. But the Bombardier aftermarket business, renamed MHIRJ Aviation Group, appears to be thriving. MHIRJ expanded, opening a consulting business.
MHI also invested $20m in the expansion of its West Virginia and Arizona CRJ MRO lines. The company celebrates the expansions nextmonth.
A small amount to be sure, but it nevertheless reversed the lack of monies by the nearly bankrupt Bombardier. “We have the biggest regional MRO network in the world out of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and Tucson, Arizona,” said Ismail Mokabel, Senior Vice President, Head of Aftermarket. At both sites, MHIRJ can run about 30 simultaneous aircraft or equal lines of maintenance at any given time, he said. MHIRJ is adding another 100,000 square feet of space, expanding two new hangars that will be up and running within the next 12 to 18 months. The contract was signed May 27.SUMMARY
* Regional airline aftermarket MRO business fell 35%-40% during theCOVID-19 pandemic.
* MHIRJ profit-and-loss already is at pre-COVID level. * The company will develop performance improvement packages for CRJ. * May expand MRO services to other aircraft types after 2023.Read more
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MITSUBISHI GROWS EX-BOMBARDIER BUSINESS EVEN AS SPACEJET RESTS INLIMBO
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MAY 31, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: June 1 is the first anniversary of the acquired by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of the Bombardier CRJ program and global support network. It was on the surface a bittersweet moment. MHI and Bombardier announced the deal June 25, 2019. MHI’s aircraft subsidiary, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) was then going full steam ahead with the development of the M100 SpaceJet and certification of the M90 SpaceJet, previously known as the MRJ90. But in March 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic exploded. By June, MHI put the SpaceJet program in “suspense.” All operations outside Japan were closed and hundreds of employees were laid off. Flight testing in Washington State was terminated. MITAC’s headquarters at Nagoya Airport was shuttered and funding was reduced by 99%. The future of the SpaceJet program is in doubt. MHI says only it will “reassess” during its current fiscal year ending next March 31. But MHI continued with the CRJ acquisition. After the close, it wasrenamed MHIRJ.
During the ensuing year, MHIRJ continues to support the global CRJ fleet. It also launched a new advisory/consulting business that encompasses mainline jets, airlines and airports.SUMMARY
* CRJ customers saw business as usual following the close. * Pivoting from SpaceJet to advisory-consulting work. * With SpaceJet in limbo, MHI grows acquisition business.Read more
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PONTIFICATIONS: THE WING OF TOMORROW AND AIRBUS’ FUTURE MAY 31, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: It’s not as if Boeing doesn’t have enough challenges right now.BY SCOTT HAMILTON
Airbus seems ready to up the ante by re-winging the A320 series, according to an article last week by Bloomberg News.
The “Wing for Tomorrow,” as Airbus calls it, has been in the works for years. It’s a composite wing, designed for a new production process. The process will be quicker, more efficient and less costly than the cumbersome, expensive autoclave used today. Public discussion about an enlarged A321 has been around for years. Variously called the A321 Plus Plus or A322, the broad concept is a 12 seat stretch _(Bloomberg_ suggests it could be 24 seats), more powerful engines and the new composite wing. _Bloomberg_ wrote that the wing, with a wider span, could have folding wingtips. This A322 would be a true Boeing 757 in terms of capacity. Range would be well into the “Middle of the Market” definition proffered by Boeing for the better part of a decade. But what about the A320 and A319?Read more
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BJORN’S CORNER: THE CHALLENGES OF AIRLINER DEVELOPMENT. PART 5. DEVELOPING TO CERT RULES By Bjorn Fehrm, Henry Tam, and Andrew Telesca MAY 28, 2021, ©. LEEHAM NEWS: After an overview of different certification rules and discussions about why there are different rule sets, we now exemplify the rules by looking at specific aircraft projects and how the certification rules affect the design. We start this week with the idea to certify a 9-seat mini-airliner like the Tecnam P2012 Traveller. It’s a recent development with US-based Cape Air as the launch customer. Figure 1. Passengers boarding the 9-seat Tecnam P2012. Source: Tecnam.Read more
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INDUSTRY STANDS TOGETHER ON SAFETYBY SCOTT CORREA
SPECIAL TO _LEEHAM NEWS_ MAY 27, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: Forty-two years ago this week, I pukedat work.
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 191 MOMENTS BEFORE CRASHING LESS THAN A MILE AFTER TAKEOFF AT CHICAGO O’HARE AIRPORT. SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA. On May 25, 1979, an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashed on take off from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Within minutes, it was known that the No. 1 engine separated from the airplane just after the airplane was committed. The aircraft gained a few hundred feet before rolling over on its left wing, crashing into a trailer park. All 271 on board and two people on the ground were killed. The Federal Aviation Administration immediately grounded all DC-10s in the US because of the engine separation. Regulators elsewhere in the world followed suit.Read more
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__ 737 MAX , Airbus, American Airlines
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WIDEBODY WRITE-DOWNS ARE COMING – HOW MUCH WILL ASSET VALUES BEAFFECTED?
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Air New Zealand 777-300ER stored at Victorville, CA (USA). SOURCE: NewZealand Herald.
MAY 27, 2021, © LEEHAM NEWS: As central banks pumped liquidity into the global economy over the past 15 months, aviation has attracted a steady stream of investor interest. However, aircraft transactions have been few and far between apart from growth in sale-leasebacks. An expected wave of lessor consolidation has been limited to one major transaction, the AerCap/GECAS merger announced in March. Even this was likely driven by GECAS parent General Electric’s push to dismantle its finance business, GE Capital. Fly Leasing, a lessor with just 84 aircraft, sold itself to private equity firm Carlyle Aviation Partners in March. These have been the only lessor mergers or acquisitions to date, despite wide speculation the COVID pandemic would spur many lessors to combine. A lack of merger activity is likely because aircraft leasing is not a business with large economies of scale. Widebody aircraft values have fallen 30%-40% since the start of 2020, according to the UK appraiser Ishka. Relatively few of these aircraft have been written down on lessor balance sheets, but more are expected to be so toward the end of this year.SUMMARY
* Equity investors looking for high returns are finding disappointment so far. * Asset write-downs are unlikely to have much impact on lessor viability – but could open the door to distressed sales. * Could a glut of unused widebodies lead to a wave of new airlines?Read more
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