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Leeham News and Analysis
- WTO clears US for $10bn in tariffs in Airbus subsidy case September 14, 2019
- Look to 2013 787 grounding to see how Boeing will return MAX to service September 13, 2019
- Airbus touts Airspace, Internet of Things at APEX convention September 13, 2019
- Bjorn’s Corner: Fly by steel or electrical wire, Part 8 September 13, 2019
- Embraer delivers first E195-E2, expects E175-E2 entry into service 2021. September 12, 2019
WTO clears US for $10bn in tariffs in Airbus subsidy case
Sept. 14, 2019, © Leeham News: The World Trade organization Friday concluded that the US may impose up to $10bn in tariffs against the European Union as a final result of the 15-year trade dispute over Airbus subsidies…. Read More
A321 accounts for 50%+ of future deliveries; few production gaps
Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 12, 2019, © Leeham News: More than half the Airbus A320 family scheduled for delivery over the next four years will be the A321neo, according to an analysis performed by LNA. Airbus is sold… Read More
Pontifications: Catching up on Odds and Ends-Alaska’s Airbus fleet, first E195-E2 delivery, Boeing’s MAX rebranding question
Take our Boeing 737 MAX rebranding poll at the end of this post. Sept. 2, 2019, © Leeham News: It’s time to catch up on Odds and Ends. Alaska Airlines In its second quarter earnings call and 10Q… Read More
Boeing’s Long Term Cash Flows
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 19, 2019, © Leeham News:Boeing’s long-time priorities, adopted after the 787 program finally was past its troubles, is shareholder value. Boeing has spent tens of billions of dollars over the years… Read More
Pontifications: Muilenburg reaffirms MAX hopes, NMA ambiguity and 777X delay
Aug. 12, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg so far is sticking to a previously timeline in which the company expects to turn over to the Federal Aviation Administration next month the software fixes for the… Read More
Will the A220 drive the trans-Atlantic fragmentation to smaller jets?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction August 8, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Airbus announced a hike of the Gross Weight of the A220 by 5,000lb at the Paris Air Show in June. It will be available for aircraft… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Fly by steel or electrical wire, Part 2
July 25, 2019, ©. Leeham News: In our series about classical flight controls (“fly by steel wire”) and Fly-By-Wire (FBW or “fly by electrical wire”) this week we cover the difference in system infrastructure the two controls methods… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Fly by steel or electrical wire?
July 25, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Last week’s Corner which dealt with Airbus’ issue with an updated A321neo Fly By Wire (FBW) and how it was unrelated to the issue of the Boeing 737 MAX, gives a good… Read More
Trans-Atlantic market fragmentation hurts big widebodies
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery July 22, 2019, © Leeham News: Development of single-aisle aircraft that now have ranges of plus-or-minus 4,000 nautical miles are fragmenting hub markets needed to fill large twin-aisle aircraft. Just as twin-engine widebodies… Read More