Airbus may scrap A400M

Airbus may scrap the troubled A400M program, according to this London Telegraph report of a Der Spiegel interview with Airbus CEO Tom Enders. Peugeot Citroen fired Christian Streiff, who designed the Power8 restructuing program for Airbus but then… Read More

2nd Eco-Aviation Conference set

The second Air Transport World-Leeham Co. Eco-Aviation Conference has been scheduled. More information is here.

ILFC in perspective

Update, March 26, 2:20PM PDT: Bloomberg News moved this piece in which ILFC’s CEO says he’ll get the lessor out from under AIG’s “cloud.” Original Post: Mega-lessor International Lease Finance Corp. filed its 2009 10K annual report March… Read More

Boeing takes a direct hit

Boeing is gearing up for a new fight over the KC-X tanker competition but out of the blue, it took a direct hit on the Airborne Laser program, which uses the 747 as the platform. A California Member… Read More

IAM jobs on the line: 1,113

Since the first of the year, Boeing has issued WARN (job layoff notices) for 1,113 union jobs belonging to the International Association of Machinists. Job security was a major goal of the IAM in last year’s 57 day… Read More

Countdown for ILFC’s 10 A380s

The countdown is underway for the outstanding order of 10 Airbus A380s by mega-lessor International Lease Finance Corp. ILFC was an early customer for the super-jumbo jet and suffered two year delays along with the other customers when… Read More

It’s Boeing (and Airbus) against the world

We were at the ISTAT conference this week, one of the largest aviation conferences in the world, where 1,000 aviation professionals gather for the Spring Annual General Meeting to assess the current state of the market. And the… Read More

As the World Churns

Only a few days ago, President Obama’s Office of the Management and Budget suggested delaying the tanker competition for five years. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that another House Member wants to split the tanker acquisition. You… Read More

Uncertainty exists over fighting composite airplane fires

c. Leeham.net Uncertainty exists over how airport fire departments will fight fires in the new composite commercial airliners, indicating that the manufacturers still have educating to do. A top fire official at Denver International Airport, the location of… Read More

Boeing’s Carson speaks at JP Morgan conference

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Scott Carson spoke today at the JP Morgan Aviation & Transportation Conference. Summarizing: Carson predicts the new entrants in Russia, China, Japan and elsewhere will learn the hard lessons learned by Airbus and Boeing…. Read More