Here's what I could get. If anyone out there has a subscription to FT maybe they could post the full article?
The aircraft in front – ash clouds permitting – is likely to be an Airbus or a Boeing. But while the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers are ensconced in their large A350 and B787 projects, smaller regional jet makers are right on their tails in the single-aisle market. Airbus and Boeing value the segment, which accounts for roughly three quarters of all aircraft sales, at between $1,300bn and $1,400bn over the next 20 years. Although their A320 and B737 aircraft are the airline industry’s traditional short-haul workhorses, Canada’s Bombardier and Brazil’s Embraer are challenging the status quo with more fuel-efficient aircraft. The first is developing a 100-150 seater to enter service in 2013; the latter already dominates the 100-120 seat regional jet market. But their advantages may prove short-lived.
After all, Airbus and Boeing now plan more frugal engines for their single-aisle jets. Nor are they the only threat: the Commercial Aircraft Corporation in China, the second largest aircraft market after the US, is developing the 150-seat C919 to enter service in 2016. Though aimed at the domestic market, its Franco-US engines could widen its appeal. Then there is Russia’s 100-seat Sukhoi Superjet, initially destined for Russian and regional airlines...