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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 4. Hydrogen safety. August 14, 2020
- Sunset of the Quads, Part 2 August 13, 2020
- A lingering shakeup in European skies August 11, 2020
- Boeing’s Renton plant may close from 2033: Analysis August 10, 2020
- Pontifications: No, it’s not time to fly August 10, 2020
Bjorn’s Corner: Keeping airliners operational. Part 6
May 26, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Last week we looked at a maintenance plan for a common aircraft, the Airbus A320. We learned how typical maintenance tasks were described in the aircraft’s Maintenance Planning Document (MPD). It’s the central… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Keeping airliners operational
April 20, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We expect our flights to depart on time and with 100% safety. At the same time, the aircraft is used up to 14 hours and flies up to 5-6 missions a day. This… Read More
Bad weather slows MRJ90 flight testing
Feb. 14, 2017, © Leeham Co.: When Mitsubishi announced that it would conduct nearly all the flight testing for its new MRJ90 in Moses Lake in Eastern Washington State, one of the reasons was its history of good… Read More
MRJ regional jet delayed until mid-2020
By Bjorn Fehrm January 23, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Mitsubishi announced a further two years delay of the MRJ regional jet project in a press conference in Tokyo today. The 90-seater variant of the aircraft will be delivered to… Read More
Trump or Clinton will be OK for defense industry: Analyst
Aug. 24, 2016: It’s a light week for relevant commentary from the US aerospace analysts. Buckingham Research takes a view on the election of either Trump or Clinton on the defense industry. India’s Jet Airways will defer 10… Read More
UTAS sees increasing electronic architecture in future airplanes
Subscription Required Introduction June 9, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The debate continues whether the next new, clean-sheet airplane will be a Middle of the Market aircraft (MOMA) or replacements for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families. Along… Read More
Airbus stepping up innovation
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction June 6, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In January last year I had a discussion with Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier regarding the innovation level at Airbus. The background to the discussion was that… Read More