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Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing unlikely to meet FAA’s 90-day deadline for new safety program April 18, 2024
- Focus on quality not slowing innovation, says GKN April 18, 2024
- Boeing defends 787, 777 against whistleblower charges April 17, 2024
- Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn April 15, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 3. Propulsive efficiency April 12, 2024
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
The range of Airbus’ A321XLR
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 31, 2023, © Leeham News: The advertised range of 4,700nm for Airbus’ A321XLR enables true trans-Atlantic single-aisle routes that can originate inland both in the US and in Europe. It was, therefore,… 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
Paris Day Three: Boeing gets small orders; Airbus talks hydrogen and hiring
By Bryan Corliss June 21, 2023, © Leeham News – After the flurry of news surrounding the blockbuster orders from IndiGo and Air India earlier in the week, Wednesday’s Paris Air Show news was relatively subdued, with Boeing… Read More
Day One at Paris: Airbus lands record IndiGo deal for 500 A320s
By Bryan Corliss Monday, June 19, 2023, © Leeham News – Airbus landed a huge but widely expected order for 500 A320s from Indian carrier IndiGo, as the 2023 Paris Air Show got underway Monday. Analysts had issued… Read More
Pontifications: Lockheed confident as C-130J faces Airbus A400M and Embraer C-390
The last article in a series of interviews with Lockheed Martin. June 6, 2023, © Leeham News: The Lockheed Martin C-130 cargo plane entered production in 1954. The first flight was the same year and it entered service… Read More
Pontifications: Looking ahead to a major Defense procurement: Boeing vs Lockheed-Airbus
May 23, 2023, © Leeham News: Decisions by the US Air Force in Washington (DC) on whether to require competition for its next round of aerial refueling tanker aircraft are still months away. But so far, the USAF… Read More
Airbus 1Q2023 results: Supply chain problems persist
By Bjorn Fehrm May 4, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the first quarter of 2023. The supply chain problems that lowered the 2022 production targets and that Airbus thought would subside in 2023… Read More
Howmet: Supplier still cautious about rate increases at Airbus, Boeing
Subscription required By Bryan Corliss March 3, 2023 © Leeham News – Executives at Howmet Aerospace – who got burned in 2022 when expected production rate increases at aircraft OEMs didn’t materialize – said Tuesday they’re still taking… Read More