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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 21. May 9, 2025
- Does an A220-500 need a new wing and engines? Part 2. May 8, 2025
- Embraer downplays tariff impact on 2025 results May 6, 2025
- JetZero readies effort for private equity fund raising May 5, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 20. May 2, 2025
The Airliner Production Problem
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm September 14, 2023, © Leeham News: For more than a year, we have heard all the Airliner OEMs complain that they can’t increase production rates because of delivery problems in their supply chain…. Read More
Analysis: Jefferies presentations show industry hasn’t stabilized post-Covid
Subscription Required By Bryan Corliss Sept. 11, 2023, © Leeham News: Negative cash flow in the quarters ahead. Ongoing issues with the supply chain. OEMs struggling to meet high airline demand as Tier 1s wrestle with quality issues…. Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 29. Detailed design
September 8, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We described the Preliminary design phase of an airliner development program over the last weeks. Now our project is transitioning into Detailed design. It’s the most challenging part of the project as… Read More
The range of the Airbus A321XLR, Part 2
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm September 7, 2023, © Leeham News: The advertised range of 4,700nm for the Airbus A321XLR enables true trans-Atlantic single-aisle routes that can originate further inland, both in the US and Europe. When EASA… Read More
Pontifications: History is repeating itself
Sept. 5, 2023, © Leeham News: Decades after US airline unions were on the decline, some are making big gains in restoring wages, benefits, and strength. Pilots at American, Delta, United, and Alaska airlines (among others) won big… Read More
Calhoun’s moonshot for the Next Boeing Airplane
Subscription Required Now open for all readers. By Scott Hamilton Sept. 4, 2023, © Leeham News: As people try to figure out when Boeing is going to launch a new airplane, confusion continues over semantics and doubts continue… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 28. Alternative Preliminary design
September 1, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We described the Preliminary design phase of an airliner development program last week. One could say this was the classical way that aircraft projects conduct Preliminary design. There is a different way… Read More