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Leeham News and Analysis
- Airbus: Global services sector to double by 2042 December 4, 2023
- Harvest season at Embraer December 4, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 40. The initial production crisis December 1, 2023
- The Exception to the Green Propulsion Rule November 30, 2023
- Rolls-Royce sets out ambitious vision to future-proof its business November 29, 2023
Pontifications: Skyline backlog suggests higher production rate than Boeing targets for 777X
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton By Scott Hamilton April 17, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing’s skyline for the 777X, reported by Cirium, suggests there will be a need to boost production higher than the company’s target of 4/mo… Read More
New air cargo operators to drive freighter demand, Boeing says
By Bryan Corliss Nov. 9, 2022, © Leeham News: The Boeing Co. projects the world’s air cargo fleet will grow by 80% in the next 20 years, as new operators rush to meet demand caused by a global… Read More
HOTR: Could airport caps lead to 777X success?
Sept. 6, 2022, © Leeham News: Will Europe’s airport passenger caps ultimately save the Boeing 777X? Sometimes it’s more important to be lucky than it is to be good. It may be purely speculative, but Boeing may well… Read More
FAA adopts ICAO 2027 emissions, noise rules; death knell for new production 767F, 777F
787F, NMA-F are natural conclusions to consider for a successor to 767F By Scott Hamilton June 16, 2022, © Leeham News: The US Federal Aviation Administration yesterday announced it will adopt the emissions and noise rules proposed in… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing spending millions to retain engineers
May 16, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing is spending millions of dollars to retain engineers represented by the union, SPEEA. It’s a reversal of efforts to trim SPEEA ranks through early buyouts and outsourcing and to address an… Read More
The large twin-aisle and freighter replacement market
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Feb. 28th, 2022, © Leeham News: In recent weeks, we compared the 787-10 Heavy Gross Weight (HGW) performance against the A350-900. The 787-10 HGW will impact sales campaigns against the A350-900 and… Read More
The new Boeing freighter, 777-8F, versus Airbus’ A350F, Part 3
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 16, 2022, © Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the operating economics of the Boeing 777-8F and Airbus A350F. Both freighters are new launches over the last 6 months with… Read More
The new Boeing freighter, 777-8F, versus Airbus’ A350F, Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 10, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing introduced the freighter version of the 777X last week, and we made a first article about how it stacks up against Airbus’ new freighter, the… Read More
The new Boeing freighter, 777-8F, versus Airbus’ A350F
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing launched the new large freighter, 777-8F, Monday with an order for 34 and options for 16 from Qatar Airways. We made a comparison based on… Read More