Leeham News and Analysis
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Bjorn’s Corner: The seating dilemma
By Bjorn Fehrm 04 September 2015, © Leeham Co: One of the hottest areas of modern airline aviation is the passenger experience and especially the seating. There are people who are specialists on the subject like Runway Girl… Read More
Boeing faces 737 production gap: analysis
Subscription Required. Introduction Sept. 2, 2015, (c) Leeham Co. Boeing faces a production gap for the 737, based on an analysis of the delivery streams of the 737NG and the 737 MAX. There’s a production gap for the… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sale/Leasebacks
21 August 2015, ©. Leeham Co: IndiGo Airlines firmed up Airbus’ largest aircraft sale by unit numbers in the week. The order is for 250 A320neos. This means the airline goes from 180 A320neos on order to 430…. Read More
Airbus’ and Boeing’s Payload/Range for Single Aisle
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction Aug. 13 2015, ©. Leeham Co: Boeing this month changed the way it presents its aircraft in important areas like seating, weight and performance configurations, in short its “rule set.” After using a… Read More
Mitigating risk, lessons learned as Boeing heads into MAX, 777X production
Aug. 12, 2015, © Leeham Co. Mitigating risk and taking lessons learned from across the entire 7-Series families are key to improving productivity, cutting costs and preparing for the transition from the 737NG to the MAX and from… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing takes another charge on tanker program; What’s next?
July 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing on Friday took another charges against its USAF aerial refueling tanker program, the KC-46A, this time $536m after taxes ($855m before taxes). This brings the charges to date to more than $800m… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: hot summer, hot engines
17 July 2015, ©. Leeham Co: It is summer in south of Europe and we have had over 30°C/86°F for weeks. It makes one realize the conditions where the engines have to work over their flat rating point in… Read More
Airbus, Boeing YTD orders assessed (Update)
Update, July 8: In our original post, we omitted 44 Boeing 737NGs from the YTD firm orders. The charts and text have been updated to reflect this information. July 7, 2015, © Leeham Co. Airbus pulled ahead of… Read More