Impact to Boeing for MAX grounding assessed

Subscription Required Introduction March 19, 2019, © Leeham News: The impact of the grounding of the 737 MAX to Boeing will hurt, but the effect likely will be short term. The most recent grounding of an airliner was… Read More

Pontifications: 737 MAX events remind of Lockheed Electra story

March 18, 2019, © Leeham News: There’s a saying that history repeats itself. When it comes to the crisis of the Boeing 737 MAX, I’m reminded of the crisis Lockheed faced in 1959-1960 when the Electra propjet crashed… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The Ethiopian Airline’s Flight 302 crash

March 15, 2019, ©. Leeham News: With the crash in the weekend of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 we take a break from the Yaw and Roll stability discussions to look at what happened Sunday. The 737 MAX 8… Read More

Embraer presents weak 2018 results as the E-Jet E2 transition sets in

By Bjorn Fehrm March 14, 2018, ©. Leeham News: Embraer presented its Fourth Quarter and Full-year 2018 results today. The company posted a tiny profit after a year where the Commercial aircraft division started the transition to the… Read More

Cutting A220 costs is an ‘ongoing exercise’ for Airbus

Subscription required Introduction March 14, 2019, © Leeham News: Airbus’ effort to slash supply costs for A220 production is “an ongoing exercise at this point,” Joe Marcheschi, Airbus’ head of procurement in North America, told LNA in an… Read More

Commentary: Boeing’s Tylenol moment and the need for radical transparency

By Judson Rollins March 13, 2019, © Leeham News: The traveling public’s faith in Boeing – and that of regulators in dozens of countries – has clearly taken a beating. The 737 MAX has now been grounded or… Read More

EASA grounds, bans 737 MAX; FAA remains silent

March 12, 2019, (c) Leeham News: EASA, the European air safety regulator, grounded the Boeing 737-8/9 operated by EU airlines and banned operation of the airplanes operated by third-party airlines/countries. The press release is here. The US Federal… Read More

UK bans MAX; China checked with Boeing, FAA before grounding

March 12, 2019, © Leeham News: Australia and the United Kingdom today joined a growing list of countries banning the Boeing 737 MAX from operating in or through their airspace. The UK’s decision to ban the MAX is,… Read More

About 40% of MAX fleet now grounded-but not by FAA

March 12, 2019, © Leeham News: About 40% of the world’s in-service Boeing 737 MAX fleet were grounded by the end of yesterday, Seattle time, after more governments and airlines banned operations. Singapore was the latest to ban… Read More

Indonesia grounds MAX, one-third of world fleet now grounded

Update: Royal Air Maroc, Mongolian Airlines ground MAX. March 11, 2019, © Leeham News: Indonesia regulators today joined China, Grand Cayman Airways and Ethiopian Airlines in grounding the Boeing 737 MAX pending investigations or inspections. This means about one… Read More