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Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing IAM vote in 2 days; approval a hard sell September 10, 2024
- Union scourge Frank Lorenzo at last tells his story in “Flying for Peanuts” September 10, 2024
- Slow production ramp up, international sanctions slow C919 progress September 9, 2024
- Boeing, IAM reach tentative agreement on new contract September 8, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 23. Development risks. September 6, 2024
Digital transformation critical to Boeing
Subscription Required Introduction March 11, 2019, © Leeham News: Digital transformation is critical to Boeing’s evolving business model. But suppliers are in no rush to hand over their data to Boeing. For more than a year, the airplane… Read More
Collins contract vote keeps 737 landing gear on track
By Bryan Corliss March 11, 2019 (c) Leeham News: Workers at the Collins Aerospace landing gear plant in Everett, WA, have approved their first union contract with the company. Both sides can come away feeling OK with how… Read More
Boeing postpones public events for 777X roll-out
March 10, 2018, (c) Leeham News: Boeing today postponed the public ceremonies planned for Wednesday for the roll-out of the 777X, following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737-8. No date has been rescheduled.
Use caution about Ethiopian 737-8 crash/Update: China, airline ground Max
UPDATE, 4:30pm PDT: China and Grand Cayman Airlines have ground the 737 MAX. Developing. UPDATE, 6:45pm PDT: China CAAC to review grounding order on their Monday, March 11, for further action. March 10, 2019 (c) Leeham News: The… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Yaw stability, Part 3.
March 08, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Yaw stability, which we discussed last week, has in itself no tricky dynamic problems. It’s a matter of making the vertical stabilizer large enough to have enough weathercock moment on the aircraft…. Read More
Boeing’s 777X analyzed, Part 4
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction March 07, 2019, © Leeham News: In our analysis series about the Boeing 777X, it’s time to look at the performance of the 777-9 and 777-8 and compared them to their main… Read More
Boeing strikes new pay deal with Machinists
By Bryan Corliss March 4, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing and the Machinists Union have come to terms on a deal that will raise wages for the company’s hourly work force and help the company compete for workers… Read More
Rolls cites timing, analysts cite poor financial condition for NMA withdrawal
Subscription Required Introduction March 4, 2019, © Leeham News: Rolls-Royce last week announced it had withdrawn from competition for the Boeing NMA engine provider, citing a mismatch in timing between its Ultra Fan being ready and Boeing’s desired… Read More
Pontifications: Doubts continue over Boeing NMA launch
March 4, 2019, © Leeham News: Another week, another NMA story. For an airplane that doesn’t exist, the prospective Boeing NMA continues to dominate much of the aerospace news. Last week’s announcement by Rolls-Royce that it withdrew—in December,… Read More