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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 23. Development risks. September 6, 2024
- If a strike occurs, here’s what Boeing can do September 5, 2024
- China banks on C919, but numbers say it still needs Boeing September 2, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 22. High Turbine technologies. August 30, 2024
- The A330 for medium haul or twice the frequency with A321XLR? Part 1 August 29, 2024
Airbus a sideshow in Boeing-Spirit deal, but intertwined
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Aug. 9, 2024, © Leeham News: The financial results for the first half of 2024 are in for the corporations of the aviation industry and it has been a mixed bag… Read More
Airbus: Focus on the Core
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Aug. 5, 2024, © Leeham News: “…We are evaluating all strategic options given the nature of the situation, such as restructuring, …portfolio review, cooperation and potential M&A, and that might be… Read More
Airbus 1H2024 results: Space business problems lower results
July 30, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the second quarter of 2024. The results were impacted by a thorough review of its Space business, which resulted in a quarterly write-off of almost €1bn…. Read More
Farnborough, Day 4: Airbus comes from behind to win order contest
July 25, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus came from behind today with a big order from flyNAS, a Saudi Arabian low cost carrier, for 75 A320neo family members and its first widebody order, for 15 A330-900s. The announcement… Read More
Airbus sees 3.8% growth in new aircraft deliveries through 2043 vs last year’s forecast
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton July 15, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus boosted its 20 year forecast for new aircraft deliveries by 3.8% compared with last year’s Global Market Forecast (GMF). Single aisle mainline aircraft (ie, no regional… Read More
Airbus lowers 2024 guidance amid A320/A321 supply chain and space system challenges
Bjorn Fehrm June 24, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus issued a press release today where it lowered guidance for 2024. The release highlighted two areas as the drivers for the update: Larger-than-expected supply chain issues for the single-aisle… Read More
Big hurdles for COMAC to become serious challenger to Airbus, Boeing
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton May 27, 2024, © Leeham News: A flurry of orders by China’s Big Three airlines finally began to balance announced deals for the COMAC C-919 mainline jet. Until the recent orders from Air… Read More
Airbus’ A350-1000 or Boeing’s 777-8? Part 1
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm May 9, 2024, © Leeham News: We are doing an article series comparing the capabilities of the Airbus A350-1000 and the Boeing 777X series. We started with the 777-9, the larger model. Now,… Read More
Shanahan: Spirit AeroSystems and Airbus need to have “family meeting”
By the Leeham News Team May 7, 2024, © Leeham News: For a company actively negotiating its own dismemberment, Spirit AeroSystems managed to record first quarter losses even worse than Wall Street expected. The company recorded $617M in losses… Read More
Airbus 1Q2024 results: Airbus CEO: “A350 in-service experience drives positive reputation and orders”
By Bjorn Fehrm April 25, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the first quarter of 2024. The strong order flow continues, with a pickup on the widebody side, especially for the A350. Airbus has,… Read More