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GE testing of giant GE9X engine aims for maturity at entry into service
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 30, 2025, © Leeham News: GE Aerospace developed a huge engine for the Boeing 777X, the most powerful engine ever created. The GE9X tops out at 115,000 lbs of thrust. The giant… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 28.
June 27, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to improve the emission situation for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. We have explored various methods… Read More
Parent agency, FAA often at odds as politics outweighs safety
Subscription required. By Colleen Mondor June 26, 2025, © Leeham News: On March 12, 2019, then-Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and her staff flew from Texas to Washington (DC) on a Southwest Airlines 737 MAX. It was two… Read More
Electric Flight and the Ugly Duckling
By Bjorn Fehrm June 25, 2025, © Leeham News at Paris Air Show: The low or no emission propulsion discussion started at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show when Airbus’ E-Fan prototype flew in front of a surprised crowd…. Read More
Engine makers tout “Plan A” but have “Plan B” backups in R&D
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 23, 2025, © Leeham News, Paris: CFM International touts its Open Fan RISE engine as the wave of the future. (CFM is a 50-50 joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran.) Rival… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 27.
June 20, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to improve the emission situation for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. We have examined different ways… Read More
Pontifications: A Personal Note
June 19, 2025, © Leeham News, Paris: The big news for LNA at this Paris Air Show this week had nothing to do with aerospace companies. On Tuesday, it was jointly announced by AIN Media Group and Leeham… Read More
Airbus books 142 firm orders as Boeing retracts from the Paris Air Show
By Bjorn Fehrm June 19, 2025, © Leeham News at Paris Air Show: Boeing chose to scale down its participation at this week’s Paris Air Show out of respect for the victims of the Air India crash last… Read More
AIN Media Group Agrees to Acquire Leeham News & Analysis
PARIS, JUNE 17, 2025 – AIN Media Group Inc (AIN), a global leader in aviation news, events and data, and Leeham Company LLC, a premier source for in-depth aerospace and airline industry insights, have reached an agreement in… Read More
Five for Five: Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix
By Scott Hamilton June 15, 2025, © Leeham News, Le Bourget, France: The Paris Air Show was supposed to be another step, however small, in Boeing’s way back from six years from crisis after crisis, safety and quality… Read More