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Leeham News and Analysis
- Better transparency needed on Boeing’s 1Q earnings call April 22, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 4. Propulsive efficiency April 19, 2024
- Boeing unlikely to meet FAA’s 90-day deadline for new safety program April 18, 2024
- Focus on quality not slowing innovation, says GKN April 18, 2024
- Boeing defends 787, 777 against whistleblower charges April 17, 2024
Pontifications: Two re-fleeting campaign give Airbus and Boeing each an edge
July 19, 2021, © Leeham News: There are two re-fleeting campaigns coming up that are significant and in which Airbus and Boeing each have the incumbent advantage. The successor to Alitalia, Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA), will restructure with… Read More
Global airline recovery: LNA’s view shifts from traffic to revenue, but our timeline hasn’t changed
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction July 19, 2021, © Leeham News: A year ago last week, LNA published what might have seemed an apocalyptic call: global airline passenger traffic would not recover until 2024 at the earliest… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 12. The Prelaunch Phase.
July 16, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we showed the first cut of an overall Program Plan for our 19 seat airliner project. Now we discuss the Prelaunch Phase activities in more detail, including what type of… Read More
How good is an Airbus A350 freighter?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction July 15, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus is working on a freighter of the A350 to compete with Boeing’s larger freighters, such as the 777F. The 777F is quite a different aircraft… Read More
HOTR: Boeing’s backlog market share vs Airbus falls below 40%
By the Leeham News Team July 14, 2021, © Leeham News: Six months into 2021, Boeing is delivering 737 MAXes, clearing MAX inventory, and taking orders. Airbus isn’t matching Boeing orders for the A320 family, so far. But… Read More
Is the Redhawk Development process the future at Boeing?
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Boeing wants to converge advanced design and production processes from across the 7-Series platforms and the Defense unit into one commercial airplane–its Next Boeing Airplane, or NBA. Photo: Boeing. July 12,… Read More
Pontifications: The reshaped commercial aviation sector
July 12, 2021, © Leeham News: With Washington State and the US open for business following nearly 18 months of COVID-pandemic shut-down, there is a lot of optimism in commercial aviation. In the US, airline passenger traffic headcounts… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 11. The Program Plan.
July 9, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Now that we have done the basic market research we should scope the program. To do this we need to understand what aircraft we will develop and to what certification rules. Our… Read More
IATA update on COVID-19 and World Travel
By Bjorn Fehrm July 8, 2021, © Leeham News: IATA’s half-year Global Media event finished today. The Director General Willy Walsh and SVP Operations Nick Careen briefed on travel trends, ramp-up bottlenecks, and IATA travel pass activities. At… Read More