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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 5. Turbofan design problems April 26, 2024
- Airbus 1Q2024 results: Airbus CEO: “A350 in-service experience drives positive reputation and orders” April 25, 2024
- A350-1000 or 777-9? Part 3 April 25, 2024
- Boeing CEO promises company is turning around…again April 24, 2024
- Solid start for stand-alone GE Aerospace despite cuts to LEAP output April 23, 2024
HOTR: Putting the 2020 Delivery Slump into historical perspective
By the Leeham News Team March 16, 2021, © Leeham News: OEMs delivered 743 jet-powered passenger aircraft to airlines last year, compared with 1,684 at this cycle’s peak in 2018. The below chart shows the total for all… Read More
Pontifications: AerCap and GECAS to combine — assessing the impact
March 15, 2021, © Leeham News: GE Corp.’s decision to sell its mega-leasing unit, GECAS, to AerCap represents a huge shift in commercial aviation. For decades, GECAS was the largest lessor in the world. One of GE’s best… Read More
China’s hollow airline “recovery”: capacity without revenue
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction March 15, 2021, © Leeham News: A flood of media coverage has centered on Chinese airlines’ supposed recovery from COVID-19. The Chinese “big three,” Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern, made… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 28. Airbus priorities
March 12, 2021, ©. Leeham News: I had the chance to talk about Sustainable Air Transport with Airbus VP Zero Emission Aircraft, Glenn Llewellyn, in the week. The discussion centered around Airbus’ overall direction and the targets with… Read More
The A350, Part 9: The A350-1000 versus 777-300ER
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 11, 2021, © Leeham News: Last week, we started analyzing the Airbus A350-1000 and compared it with the Boeing 777-300ER. We now fly the airplanes on a demanding route, close to… Read More
Suppliers remain hunkered down as pandemic recovery may stall
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction March 8, 2021, © Leeham News: Aerospace suppliers continue to struggle even as passenger airlines begin to gingerly place new aircraft orders and Boeing resumes production of the 737 MAX. Airbus continues… Read More
Pontifications: First flight nears for Berlin Airlift Foundation’s replacement airplane
March 8, 2021, © Leeham News: The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation appears to be weeks away from the test flight for the replacement of the Douglas C-54E that was badly damaged last year in a tornado. The 76-year… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 27. Fuel cell APU gains
March 5, 2021, ©. Leeham News: We have discussed different auxiliary power generation principles for a hydrogen aircraft over the last weeks. We found a fuel cell auxiliary power system has many attractions, one being the possibility of… Read More
The A350, Part 8 A350-1000 Intro
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Mar. 4, 2021, © Leeham News: After assessing the performance of the A350-900 and its ULR variant, we now turn our attention to the largest A350 variant, the -1000. It entered service… Read More