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October 2, 2017 at 2:34 am in reply to: Will Boeing vs Bombardier dispute jeopardise F/A-18 or F-35 sales to Canada? #2143134

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Delta as a business will order whatever aircraft is most appropriate and cost effective for its route structure…

Isn’t that precisely why they ordered the CS100?

October 2, 2017 at 2:24 am in reply to: Will Boeing vs Bombardier dispute jeopardise F/A-18 or F-35 sales to Canada? #2143135

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Boeing has taken no action against Embraer which makes the E195.

Maybe that is because Embraer is not selling E195s cheaper than it cost to build them.

I think that initial production costs always exceed sales revenue where airliners are concerned. For example it took Airbus 8 years before the cost of manufacturing an A380 dropped below the revenue received for the aircraft. Same selling at a loss situation (cost of producing an aircraft exceeded sales revenue from that aircraft) was the case with the Boeing 787. Same situation doubtless applies to Bombardier with CS100 production. And Mitsubishi with MRJ production. And Embraer with E195 production.

It takes time for production to reach the point at which it becomes profitable. Until then all aircraft that are produced are produced at a loss.

October 1, 2017 at 8:10 pm in reply to: Will Boeing vs Bombardier dispute jeopardise F/A-18 or F-35 sales to Canada? #2143153

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Get_it… Boeing don’t offer a competitor to the current C-Series range. The smallest 737 would have a significantly higher number of seats and have much higher operating costs than the CS100 ordered by Delta (as a 717 replacement).Attempting to squish Bombardier’s competitive offering in 100-110 seat market in the hope of forcing US airlines to buy larger, far less efficient aircraft (when what is needed is a 100-110 seat aircraft) will damage the profitability of US airlines.

I take your point that Boeing is trying to stifle competition. Do you think Delta will be inclined to buy narrow body aircraft in the future? I think Airbus has a significant lead in narrow body product at the moment with the A320NEO (until Boeing can deliver its successor to the 737MAX post 2025). I don’t think Delta will buy Boeing narrow bodies until then. If Boeing is going to go to great lengths to damage Delta’s interests, I don’t see Delta buying Boeing wide bodies if they have an alternative either. Airbus offers alternatives to both the B787 and B777.

I don’t think Boeing can prevent Bombardier getting the C-Series to succeed simply because they offer no similar product. USA is not the only market for lower capacity narrow bodies.

September 24, 2017 at 2:55 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon discussion and news 2015 #2144079

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Narcellogo: You can add the 18 italian ones: they are also full standard not degraded.

That still means less than 35 fighters

September 20, 2017 at 5:43 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon discussion and news 2015 #2144961

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Re: Qatari LOI, I guess this will not please Saudi Arabia. Might SA put pressure on UK government not to supply? An easy way would be to offer a top up Typhoon order in excess of 24 on condition that Typhoon was not supplied to Qatar.

September 20, 2017 at 5:29 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon discussion and news 2015 #2144970

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Canada should buy Austria’s Typhoons for 20cents on the dollar

15 fighters is not enough for Canada.

September 12, 2017 at 3:54 pm in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2146446

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Saab Presents Gripen Aggressor

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/186702/saab-unveils-new-gripen-aggressor-dact-variant.html

September 3, 2017 at 9:57 am in reply to: General Discussion #227744

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I will not blame Trump for the mess that we’re about to get in, i blame the previous administrations for kicking the can.

It looks like there is no more road to kick the can down. According to reports N Korea has just tested a hydrogen bomb that can be delivered by its ICBM. Too late to stop N Korea developing that capability through military action against the country. I would say that “diplomacy”(how to hurt N Korea as much as possible by non-military means) is the only road to walk down now. Is king Kim mad enough (I mean crazy, not angry) to attack US territory or assets? I don’t think so.

August 29, 2017 at 8:53 am in reply to: Military Aviation News #2148585

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From the above defensenews.com report:

“We have chosen both F-16 Block 70 and Gripen E because both single-engine fighters are fully upgraded, fully tested and are in full use,” the IAF official added.

The source does not seem to be too well informed. Just how many Gripen E aircraft are “in full use” ie in service with a customer air force? Zero.

August 27, 2017 at 9:46 am in reply to: Airbus: European Future Fighter Program #2148860

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May I ask when the last post related to the topic was posed here ???

I have a good memory but it does not stretch that far back. 🙁

August 24, 2017 at 2:09 pm in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2149648

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South Korea’s Korea [Aerospace] Industries (KAI) is reportedly lobbying its government to help them secure the lucrative multi-billion jet fighter deal from Botswana, causing unease in Swedish Gripen fighter manufacturers Saab, secret documents passed to the Sunday Standard suggests.

SAAB not the only company in the run for the deal?

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/186202/competition-heats-up-between-gripen-and-fa_50-for-botswana-order.html

August 19, 2017 at 3:40 am in reply to: Airbus: European Future Fighter Program #2150953

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Wish you all the best for an outcome that puts an end to your problems.

August 15, 2017 at 11:16 am in reply to: Tejas (all versions) news and discussion #2151511

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Thanks. Could not find it so I thought it had been archived.

Suggest this thread is deleted.

August 4, 2017 at 11:41 pm in reply to: Military Aviation News #2153164

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Really? 30y of prod and the leading mil airplane manufacturer in the world wouldn’t know what he is doing with its bestseller product? !!?
Short on coffee this morning, huh?

OK, perhaps it was unwise to say that LM can only estimate the cost of restarting F-16 production elsewhere, even if that is inevitably the case. What I did not bother to query was how much of that cost a customer / customers would be paying when buying F-16. I don’t see any commercial business investing in a manufacturing plant without pricing the product to (a) recover the cost through projected sales (b) make a profit on the investment. Seriously, wouldn’t the setup costs to be recovered on a limited number of frames manufactured render those frames extremely expensive?

August 4, 2017 at 1:16 am in reply to: Military Aviation News #2153345

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Romania may be interested in 36 F-16 but where will they come from? From what I have read, the F-16 line is about to close. What is the chance of it being re-opened elsewhere, even if LM says it plans to do so?

If the budget has been increased allowing the purchase of new fighters, Gripen seems to be the obvious candidate to me. It’s in production and SAAB knows production costs. F-16 will soon not be in production and LM can only estimate the cost of re-starting production elsewhere on a different line.
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