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Leeham News and Analysis
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- China bans Boeing, US parts imports in tariff war April 15, 2025
- Boeing welcomes COMAC competition as Asia-Pacific demand soars April 15, 2025
MCAS, The Aircraft Certification Act and the unintended consequences of Congressional Intervention
First in a Series of Articles Subscription Required By the Leeham News team March 30, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing is suffering delays getting the 737-7, 737-10, and 777X certifications completed. Airbus delayed the certification of the A321XLR… Read More
Pontifications: Complacency, arrogance aren’t a Boeing exclusive
March 21, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus is resting on its laurels while Boeing struggles to recover from one crisis after another since the March 2019 grounding of the global 737 MAX fleet. Multiple sources tell me that… Read More
Regulatory filings spell out key 2023 challenges for Boeing, Airbus
Subscription required By Bryan Corliss March 20, 2023, © Leeham News – In a filing with federal regulators, The Boeing Co. acknowledges it struggled to stabilize 737 MAX production rates at 31 a month last year. However, the… Read More
Pontifications: 30-40 MAXes potentially delayed by software issue: Jefferies
March 7, 2023, © Leeham News: About 30-40 Boeing 737 MAXes potentially will be delivery-delayed by the Option Section Software reconfiguration issue, the investment bank Jefferies Co. reported yesterday. Jefferies followed up on our report published Monday by… Read More
New software issue delays some 737 MAX deliveries/Update
By Scott Hamilton and Laura Mueller Update, March 9, 2023: Some readers have interpreted this story as reporting that new deliveries directly from Boeing are being delayed. The wording is somewhat ambiguous. To clarify, airplanes purchased by lessors–who… Read More
HOTR: China’s desire for aerospace self-sufficiency threatens Airbus, Boeing
By the Leeham News Team China’s goal for C919 China’s state-run aviation industry is working toward self-sufficiency because of sanctions. But it is these same sanctions that will make it difficult to achieve. Beijing wants to shift to… Read More
Orders at risk: Year-End 2022 snapshot
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Feb. 6, 2023, © Leeham News: With the publication of the Airbus and Boeing announcing 2022 orders and deliveries last month, and Boeing’s published its 2022 Annual Report (10-K), we undertake our… Read More
Good news for 4th 737 production line, but lots of unanswered questions remain
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Feb. 2, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing’s announcement that it will establish a fourth 737 MAX final assembly line (FAL) at its Everett (WA) widebody plant by the second half of 2024 answers… Read More
Boeing to add 4th 737 FAL at underutilized Everett plant
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 30, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing will establish a fourth final assembly line (FAL) for the 737 in the vast Everett (WA) assembly plant in 2024. The company announced the move internally… Read More