Boeing-IAM contract talks fail, no new negotiations scheduled, no end in sight

By Scott Hamilton Oct. 9, 2024, (c) Leeham News: Contract talks between Boeing and its largest union, the IAM 751, broke off again yesterday after the two sides failed to make progress to reach an agreement. The strike… Read More

Southwest Airlines Slashing Capacity Growth Shakes Up Their Fleet Plan

Subscription Required Now open to all readers. By Chris Sloan Sept. 30, 2024, © Leeham News: Southwest Airlines outlined significant moves in its quest to return to sustained profitability at its investor day on September 26 in Dallas…. Read More

Boeing’s shareholders: which do you prefer? Dilution or bankruptcy?

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 23, 2024, © Leeham News: A Wells Fargo analyst calculated The Boeing Co. might have to issue 190 million shares of stock to get itself out of the financial mess it’s in. At the… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 25. New versus old, CFM56 vs. LEAP

September 20, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We do an article series about engine development and why it has longer timelines than airframe development. It also carries larger risks of product maturity problems when it enters service than the… Read More

China banks on C919, but numbers say it still needs Boeing

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Sept. 2, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing see China doubling its airliner fleet over the next 20 years. The numbers vary between the two companies. But the underlying data points to… Read More

Aircraft Certification: How the Max crashes changed everything

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team The Airbus A321XLR got caught up in the new aircraft certification environment created by the Boeing 737 MAX crisis. Source: Airbus. July 18, 2024, © Leeham News: Much of the attention… Read More

Boeing is fighting fire with fire in reacquiring Spirit Aero (Updated)

Subscription required By Dan Catchpole Analysis July 1, 2024, © Leeham News: This is an analysis of Boeing’s reported $4.7 billion purchase Spirit AeroSystems, as Reuters reported Sunday. First, let’s set the frame. Boeing seems incapable of doing… Read More

Aircraft production woes stretch far beyond Boeing

Subscription Required By Judson Rollins June 17, 2024, ©. Leeham News: Estimating airplane delivery rates isn’t much more than a guessing game nowadays. While many headlines point fingers at beleaguered Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, aviation’s production woes are… Read More

Freighter market faces turmoil while passenger sector gets the headlines

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 10, 2024, © Leeham News: Delivery delays of widebody airplanes are causing disruptions in freighter conversion plans as feedstock is retained for passenger operations. IAI Bedek Boeing 777-300ER P2F. Photo: IAI Bedek…. 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