GKN Aerospace eyes further growth as earnings surge

By Tom Batchelor Mar. 7, 2024, © Leeham News: Strengthening demand for airframe structures and engine components helped British supplier GKN Aerospace, a subsidiary of Melrose PLC, achieve higher profits and record margins in 2023. The company, whose… Read More

Earnings season about to begin. Here’s what to watch for.

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 9, 2023, © Leeham News: Earnings season reporting is about to start and there are some key things to look for. The first companies, including Boeing, begin reporting the week of Oct…. Read More

An uneven financial recovery among OEMs and Suppliers

Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction   March 27, 2023, © Leeham News: In an article last year, LNA highlighted the divergence in the post-Covid-19 recovery among OEMs and select Tier 1 suppliers. Airbus had higher profits than before… Read More

Pontifications: 2Q earnings reports begin this month

July 13, 2020, © Leeham News: Earnings season calls for the second quarter begin this month. For our readers, Airbus and Boeing are the big ones. Boeing’s earnings call is July 29. Airbus follows the next day. A… Read More

Pontifications: Alabama loses key committee slot in US Senate following election

Dec. 18, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The special US Senate election last week in Alabama drew world attention of the showdown between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore. Jones eked out a victory, becoming the first Democrat… Read More

PNAA Day 3: Boeing bought $40bn of stuff from suppliers in 2015

Feb. 11, 2016, © Leeham Co. “We bought more than $40bn worth of stuff from suppliers last year. We delivered 762 airplanes last year and we could not have done that without the suppliers. Feb. 11, 2016: Today… Read More

PNAA Conference Day 1: Aerospace Clusters

Feb. 9, 2016: Today is the first of three days of conference meetings organized by the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA), in Lynnwood (WA). We’re providing live reporting throughout the three days. Aerospace clusters are evolving throughout the… Read More

Is the A330neo engine Rolls Royce’s first carbon fan model?

The Airbus A330neo program has come a long way since our 29th of December article  “A330neo prospect gains traction.” With the Farnborough Air Show days away, we understand there are now Airbus internal job postings for engineers to join… Read More