Exclusive: Boeing, GE to send 777-9 to Emirates next year for route proving runs

By Scott Hamilton June 18, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing and GE Aerospace agreed to send a 777-9 to Dubai next year for about two months of route proving for its largest 777X customer, Emirates Airline. LNA confirmed… Read More

Are the world’s regional airlines dying?

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 17, 2023, © Leeham News: Is the regional airline market across the globe dying? Many think so. Certainly, the market demand for the regional jet is shrinking in the 10- and 20-year… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 17. Airframe with lower induced drag

June 16, 2023, ©. Leeham News: This is a summary of the article Part 17P. Airframe with lower induced drag. The article analyzes Boeing 737 MAX 8-sized airliners with Truss Braced Wings versus wings with folding wingtips and… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 17P. Airframe with lower induced drag

Subscription required June 16, 2023, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 17. Airframe with lower induced drag. It discusses in detail the simulations we have done on a Truss Braced Wing, using our Aircraft… Read More

The Small Airliner Problem, Part 8. A battery-based airliner

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 15, 2023, © Leeham News: In our series on fundamental costs factors that make up Cash Operating Cost, COC (Fuel, Maintenance, Airway/Airport fees, Crew costs), we have started analyzing if the size… Read More

Pontificatons: Paris Air Show preview

June 13, 2023, © Leeham News: The Paris Air Show officially opens next Monday. LNA will be there, with some events scheduled as early as this Friday. Our expectations are modest. We don’t expect any new airplane programs… Read More

As Airbus ponders the A220-500, Boeing shrugs

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 12, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO David Calhoun says he’s not worried about the prospect of Airbus launching a stretched model of the A220 family. Airbus has said it’s a matter… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 16. Airframe with lower induced drag

June 9, 2023, ©. Leeham News: This is a summary of article Part 16P. Airframe with lower induced drag. It discusses the Truss Braced Wing type of airframe that increases the practical wing span of an aircraft and… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 16P. Airframe with lower induced drag

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 9, 2023, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 16. Airframe with lower induced drag. It discusses in detail the Truss Braced Wing type of airframe that increases the… Read More

The Small Airliner Problem, Part 7. How affected are Green airliners?

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 8, 2023, © Leeham News: We have analyzed the costs factors that make up Cash Operating Cost, COC (Fuel, Maintenance, Airway/Airport fees, Crew costs), and how these vary with different size airliners…. Read More