Is the cargo capacity deciding the airliner variant? Part 2.

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction September 30, 2021, © Leeham News: In last week’s article, we put the question: Has the increased cargo pricing started to affect the choice of airliner variant? We analyzed Boeing’s 787-8 and… Read More

Airbus begins “stuffing” A220 to speed assembly, cut costs

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 28, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus is streamlining some of its production of the A220 to reduce costs and the time to assemble the airplanes at its Montreal and Mobile plants. Florent Massou, the… Read More

Airbus’ TwoTwenty, its first real business jet

By Bjorn Fehrm September 28, 2021, ©. Leeham News: When Airbus got the A220 airliner series from Bombardier, it also got the base for a competitive business jet. Airbus, like Boeing, has produced Corporate Jets under its ACJ… Read More

777 freighter conversion methods and their differences

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Sept. 27, 2021, © Leeham News: The race for the Boeing 777 P2F Freighter conversion is on. IAI Bedek Big Twin Boeing 777-300ERF passenger-to-freighter conversion. Lessor GECAS, now part of AerCap,… Read More

Pontifications: 787 deliveries, suspended a year, look for restart soon

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 27, 2021, © Leeham News: In a few weeks it will be a year since Boeing suspended delivery of virtually all 787s. Inspections revealed some flaws in production. Despite a year-long effort, Boeing hasn’t… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 22. Flight tests

September 24, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the necessary Production Certificate for the production of our airplanes. Now our program plan has approached the mid-phase of the Post-Launch phase. We start assembling our test… Read More

Is cargo capacity deciding the airliner variant?

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction September 23, 2021, © Leeham News: In last week’s article, we put the question: Has the increased cargo pricing started to affect the choice of airliner variant? We listed recent decisions between… Read More

Airbus presents their CityAirbus UAM

By Bjorn Fehrm September 21, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Airbus helicopter division presented their entry for the UAM market today at the Airbus 2021 Summit in Toulouse. It was a presentation of a vehicle and ecosystem that has… Read More

HOTR: Lockheed reveals tanker info: it’s all about America

Sept. 21, 2021, © Leeham News: Lockheed Martin (LMT) last week revealed its dedicated product launch web site page of the LMXT aerial refuel tanker. The LMXT uses the Airbus A330 MRTT as the platform for the US… Read More

Pontifications: 8-year old A330-300 converted to freighter, reflects weak market

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 20, 2021, © Leeham News: An 8-year-old Airbus A330-300 was converted recently from passenger to freighter configuration by EFW. Actually, says EFW’s Wolfgang Schmid, the airplane is not quite eight. It is the youngest… Read More