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- Bjorn’s Corner: Fly by steel or electrical wire, Part 13 October 18, 2019
- The new focus in aircraft development, the production October 17, 2019
- Is re-engining the Boeing 767 a good idea? October 17, 2019
- 737 MAX special report October 16, 2019
- Pontifications: Muilenburg loses chairman’s title; are his days numbered? October 14, 2019
Pontifications: Remembering two other mysterious 737 accidents
April 8, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing’s corporate response to the crash of Lion Air JT610 was initially to blame the pilots of the former and defend the airplanes in that accident and the Ethiopian Airlines ET302 crash…. Read More
Southwest accelerates 737-700 retirements
Subscription Required Introduction April 30, 2018, © Leeham News: Southwest Airlines announced orders 80 Boeing 737-8s so far this year and market intelligence indicates the carrier may be far from done. Another 60 orders may come during the… Read More
Farnborough redefines the MOM sector
July 19, 2016, © Leeham Co.: If anything came out of the otherwise dull Farnborough Air Show, it was that the Middle of the Market airplane debate is as muddled as ever. Boeing didn’t launch, or even say… Read More
Southwest Air’s expansion to resume next year, says CEO
Southwest Airlines plans to complete the integration of AirTran by the end of this year, positioning the carrier to resume expansion into new markets, says CEO Gary Kelly. In an interview last week at WN’s Dallas headquarters, Kelly… Read More
Southwest places firm order for MAX
Southwest Airlines became the first customer to place a firm order for 737 MAX. The press release is here. First delivery is 2017. Southwest had been urging Boeing to proceed with the re-engine for two years, only to… Read More
737-9 Mission creep, Odds and Ends and 500,000
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh was clear: he wants changes to the 737 MAX to be kept to a minimum. This will keep the R&D cost down–a figure Corporate CFO James Bell said on the 2Q earnings… Read More
Southwest Air’s second 737 decompression
Southwest Airlines suffered a second in-flight decompression of a Boeing 737-300 yesterday. This is the second–the first was in July 2009. Both airplanes were 15-year old 737-300s and the failure on both airplanes were in the aft fuselage…. Read More
737-7X, 737-10 studies illustrate Boeing weakness in single-aisle market
Subscription Required Introduction April 27, 2016 © Leeham Co.: News that Boeing plans to develop a “737-7.5” MAX, following on the prospect of a “737-10” stretch of the 737-9 illustrates just how weak its single aisle product strategy… Read More
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Posted on April 27, 2016 by Scott Hamilton
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