Can airlines internally rapidly reduce CO2 and delays?

 Subscription Required  By Michael Baiada Special to Leeham News Michael Baiada July 31, 2023, © Leeham News: Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), battery- or hydrogen-powered airplanes, eVTOLS and Advanced Air Mobility vehicles get all the headlines when it comes… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 23. Efficient flight speeds

July 28, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We touched on efficient flight speeds in Part 21, but it was focused on fuel efficiency and how new technologies require the airliner to fly at new altitude-speed combinations to maximise the… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 3.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 27, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More

Airbus 1H2023 results: Supply chain limits Airbus’ growth

July 26, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the first half year of 2023. A few critical suppliers are still Airbus’ constraint for growth. The orders are there, and the Final Assembly Lines as… Read More

UPDATED: Boeing posts quarterly loss; increases Commercial production rates

By Bryan Corliss July 26, 2023, (c) Leeham News — The Boeing Co. on Wednesday reported a quarterly loss of $99 million, due in part to spending tied to production rate increases in its Commercial Airplanes division. Boeing… Read More

Pontifications: Book Review: “Turnaround Time” at United Airlines

Turnaround Time: United an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies, by Oscar Munoz with Brian DeSpinter. $32.00. Available on Amazon and other outlets. July 25, 2023, © Leeham News: Oscar Munoz had been the chief executive… Read More

BDS: Another problem for Boeing

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team July 24, 2023, © Leeham News: The Boeing Co’s 2Q2023 earnings call is Wednesday and the company continues to push uphill in its path for full financial recovery. Last week, we… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 22. Engine characteristics.

July 21, 2023, ©. Leeham News: Developments in engines and airframe technologies require that future airliners are flown differently to maximize the technology benefit. After looking at the consequences of new developments for the airframe, we now analyze… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 2.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 20, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that VTOL OEMs made in their Investor prospects and the scale-down in capabilities as Certification comes closer. We also analyze whether the… Read More

Pontifications: NASA pulls the plug on electric airplanes

Some odds and ends after three weeks on the road. NASA pulls the plug on electric airplane research. NASA and Boeing’s Transonic Truss Brace Wing contract. Engines and the TTBW. July 18, 2023, © Leeham News: When NASA… Read More