Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- How Trump tariffs affected, and could affect, Airbus, Boeing and Embraer December 6, 2024
- Start-up hybrid plane OEM MAEVE teams with MHIRJ for sales, more December 5, 2024
- Production increase delays hurt Airbus costs December 2, 2024
- Books to consider for Christmas November 29, 2024
- Slow, methodical process to restore Boeing’s trust, efficiencies November 28, 2024
Final thoughts on 787 first delivery
There is a sense of relief that Boeing finally delivered the first 787 this week, after a 3 1/2 year delay and the most painful gestation period in Boeing Commercial Airplane history. In addition to the actual rain… Read More
FedEx gets ‘best and final offers’ from Airbus, Boeing
FedEx is considering ordering the Airbus A330-200F or Boeing 767-300F. We learned at ISTAT that some at the company think the A330-200F is too much airplane in terms of range for US domestic service and would prefer the… Read More
787 first delivery, Day 2
Here’s more on Boeing’s first delivery of the 787 to launch customer All Nippon Airways. The first picture illustrates the fancy, new windows in the 787. The manual shade is eliminated in the 787 and the window is… Read More
Soundbites from 787 delivery
From Scott Fancher, head of the 787 program: * We’ve developed a set of technologies that will be the backbone of development for the next 30 years. * This is as big a leap forward as the 707… Read More
Boeing delivers first 787 to ANA
In a packed room of international media, Boeing announced Sunday that All Nippon Airways executed the contract to accept first delivery of the 787, three and one half years late. Boeing has a day-long schedule for the media… Read More
Boeing did Charleston to thwart union: news report, citing Boeing documents
In the first documentation to be revealed, Bloomberg News reports that Boeing did in fact establish the second 787 assembly line in Charleston (SC) to thwart the union–and, from Puget Sound’s perspective, locate the next new airplane in… Read More
Cargolux, Part 3: alternative lift to the ‘rejected’ 747s
On the final night at ISTAT in Barcelona, a new scenario has been suggested in the continuing saga of the Cargolux situation. Cargolux previously said may seek freighter capacity elsewhere if an agreement with Boeing isn’t reached on… Read More
More on Cargolux: weights and fuel burn
Note: Jon Ostrower at Flight Global has this update. The underlying cause for the Cargolux rejection (the airline’s word) of the delivery of the first two Boeing 747-8Fs is performance. Performance is based, generally, on two things: weight… Read More
What’s behind the Cargolux rejection of the 747-8F delivery
Here’s an expanded version of a story we did for Commercial Aviation Online/Air Transport Intelligence: The embarrassing last minute refusal by Cargolux air cargo to accept delivery of the first Boeing 747-8F that was planned in elaborate ceremonies… Read More
Cargolux, Boeing and a third party: there’s more than meets the eye
We’re in Barcelona, Spain, for the ISTAT conference, and one of the hot topics at the Sunday night reception is the refusal by Cargolux to take delivery of the first and second 747-8Fs gthat were scheduled for Monday… Read More
