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Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing unlikely to meet FAA’s 90-day deadline for new safety program April 18, 2024
- Focus on quality not slowing innovation, says GKN April 18, 2024
- Boeing defends 787, 777 against whistleblower charges April 17, 2024
- Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn April 15, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 3. Propulsive efficiency April 12, 2024
A year of reckoning for Low-Cost Long-Haul
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Dec. 7, 2020, © Leeham News: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, numerous carriers have either ceased operations or gone into court-supervised restructurings. Among those undergoing restructurings are the world’s two… Read More
A lingering shakeup in European skies
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 11, 2020, © Leeham News: There is a shake-up still to come for European airlines. LNA wrote in early March about the financial vulnerability of several European airlines as the COVID-19… Read More
HOTR: Norwegian claims $1bn+ in damages from Boeing
HOTR072120 By the Leeham News staff July 21, 2020, © Leeham News: Norwegian Air Shuttle said June 30 it canceled orders for 92 Boeing 737 MAXes and five 787s. The orders still appear on Boeing’s Unfilled Orders website,… Read More
The meaning and consequences of frozen credit markets
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction March 26, 2020, © Leeham News: Credit markets are effectively frozen for many businesses, Boeing said this week. That’s why the company asked Congress for $60bn in federal aid for itself and… Read More
An upcoming shakeup in European skies
By Vincent Valery Introduction Mar. 3, 2020, © Leeham News: After the 2012-2014 European sovereign debt crisis, passenger traffic grew briskly in Europe. The expansion of low-cost airlines, combined with increasing passenger traffic from Asia, contributed to this… Read More
Norwegian’s attempt to survive
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Dec. 12, 2019, © Leeham News: Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS), struggling to survive after years of over-expansion, took major steps over the last few weeks to overhaul its finances and strategy. Major… Read More
Preferred 737 MAX return to service timeline for Airlines
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Oct. 21, 2019, © Leeham News: As Boeing sorts out final requirements with regulators for the 737 MAX return to service, preparations to resume deliveries are in full steam. The company is… Read More
The struggling smaller European low cost carriers
Subscription required By Vincent Valery Sep. 2, 2019, © Leeham News: Germania, flyBMI and Wow Air ceased operations this year. FlyBe was sold to a consortium that includes Virgin Atlantic for a symbolic amount. Norwegian Air Shuttle and… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Kjos departure signals changes at Norwegian
July 12, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Norwegian Air Shuttles’ (Norwegian) founder and CEO for 17 years, Bjorn Kjos stepped down yesterday. Over the last year the CFO, Board chairman and now the CEO have changed. This signals a… Read More
Impact of MAX grounding emerges with earnings reports
Subscription Required Introduction April 29, 2019, © Leeham News: With first quarter financial results beginning to be reported, the impact of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX is beginning to emerge. Boeing 737 MAXes stored at Everett… Read More