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Leeham News and Analysis
- Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn April 15, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 3. Propulsive efficiency April 12, 2024
- A350-1000 or 777-9? Part 2 April 11, 2024
- Pontifications: Boeing “transparency”–not so much. April 9, 2024
- Airbus charges and write-offs since 1999: more than €33bn April 8, 2024
HOTR: Air India faces a host of problems as owners negotiate massive jet deal
By Bryan Corliss Jan. 11, 2023, © Leeham News: Air India – now owned by the Indian industrial giant Tata Sons – is reportedly close to placing what may end up being the largest commercial aircraft order in… Read More
Airbus and Boeing 2022 orders and deliveries
By Bjorn Fehrm January 10, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing released their 2022 delivery and order data today. With a delivery of 661 airliners, Airbus is a 38% larger supplier than Boeing at 480 aircraft. Airbus… Read More
Boeing needs “real honest-to-God product development:” ex-CEO
By Scott Hamilton Jan. 10, 2023, © Leeham News: An ex-chief executive officer of The Boeing Co. said Jan. 9 that the company needs to undertake “real honest-to-God” product development, or it will lose the skills required to… Read More
Pontifications: Calhoun’s third year anniversary as Boeing’s CEO
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 10, 2023, © Leeham News: In three days, David Calhoun will “celebrate” his third anniversary as the chief executive officer of The Boeing Co. I put “celebrate” in quotes because I’m not… Read More
Outlook 2023: Turboprops: Embraer and De Havilland look to future, leaving market to ATR
Embraer’s TPNG turboprop concept. A decision whether to launch the program has been delayed. Credit: Embraer. Subscription Required By Bryan Corliss Jan. 9, 2023, © Leeham News: Turboprops should be having a moment, given all the concern about… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 52. What can be done before 2050?
January 6, 2023, ©. Leeham News: Since we started this series about our Air Transports and their pollution, we have covered different schemes of reduction such as improved Air Traffic Control (ATC), change to electric aircraft (battery/hybrids) or… Read More
Outlook 2023: stabilizing operations at Boeing
Leeham News in addition to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin, may now be found on Post.news here and on Mastodon here. Subscription Required By Vincent Valery and Scott Hamilton Introduction Jan. 5, 2023, © Leeham News: LNA wrote… Read More
Outlook 2023: Labor shortages continue to plague aerospace
Boeing 777 final assembly line in Everett (WA). Credit: Leeham News. Subscription Required By Bryan Corliss Jan. 4, 2023, © Leeham News: Some aerospace suppliers say the industry is dealing with a shortage of production workers, as well… Read More
Pontifications: Southwest meltdown (its second in 3 months) is a day of reckoning; what will it do to fix it?
Jan. 3, 2023, © Leeham News: I’ve been employed by, consulting, or writing about the airline industry for 43 years. I’ve seen plenty of times when flights were disrupted. There was 9/11, in which the US skies were… Read More
Outlook 2023: ramping up production at Airbus
Leeham News in addition to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin, may now be found on Post.news here and on Mastodon here. Subscription Required By Vincent Valery and Scott Hamilton Introduction Jan. 2, 2023, © Leeham News: LNA wrote a… Read More