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Leeham News and Analysis
- The conundrum of a new airplane design vs a derivative April 19, 2021
- Pontifications: End appears in sight for 16-year old US-EU trade dispute April 19, 2021
- Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 33. Wrap-up: The Eco-system April 16, 2021
- Aviation Writers Bloc: Calhoun’s Countdown April 15, 2021
- Investors’ bull case on aircraft OEMs has gaps April 15, 2021
The A350, Part 10 Project Sunrise Intro
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Mar. 18, 2021, © Leeham News: After assessing the performance of the A350-1000 against the 777-300ER on a trans-Pacific route, we turn our attention to a dedicated A350 variant developed for Qantas’… Read More
The A350, Part 6 A350-900ULR Intro
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Feb. 18, 2021, © Leeham News: After comparing the Airbus A350-900 and the Boeing 777-200ER on a long haul route, we turn our attention to the A350-900 Ultra Long Range variant. Summary… Read More
Sunset of the Quads, Part 9, Wrap-up
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery and Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Oct. 1st, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of the A380 against the 747-8 and 777-9 on the Frankfurt to New York route. We now… Read More
Sunset of the Quads, Part 5
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Sep. 3rd, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of the A340-300 and the 777-200ER on the Paris to San Francisco route. We now turn our attention to Airbus’… Read More
Sunset of the Quads, Part 3
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 20, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of the 747-400 and the A380 on the Los Angeles to Sydney route. We now turn our attention to Airbus’… Read More
Sunset of the Quads, Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction August 12, 2020, © Leeham News: We deepen our look at the Queen of the Skies and it’s best selling version, the 747-400. We go through what made it the great aircraft… Read More
Better to bring capacity back with a 777X or 777-300ER
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction April 30, 2020, © Leeham News: The travel restrictions implemented in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak lead to an unprecedented collapse in global passenger traffic. These travel restrictions should remain in… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft drag reduction, Part 18
February 23, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: In the last Corner we discussed transonic flow and drag. Now it’s time to finish the drag type discussion by adding some less dominant but still important drag types. Knowing their origin will… Read More
Major fleet decisions may not be positive for Airbus, Boeing
Pontifications is off this week. Subscription Required Introduction March 20, 2017, © Leeham Co.: There are some major fleet decisions that will probably come down the pike this year at American, Delta and United airlines. Not all of… Read More