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Five for Five: Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix
By Scott Hamilton June 15, 2025, © Leeham News, Le Bourget, France: The Paris Air Show was supposed to be another step, however small, in Boeing’s way back from six years from crisis after crisis, safety and quality… Read More
Boeing CEO: Lessons learned are key to certification of 737-7/10 and 777X
By Karl Sinclair Analysis June 2, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg believes that lessons learned from the 737 MAX crisis and subsequent in-depth oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are key to certifying the… Read More
Boeing CFO Brian West: OK on tariffs for now, backlogs and inventories help
By Karl Sinclair March 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing (BA) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Brian West, was optimistic about Boeing’s path for recovery and appeared unworried about any near-term impacts of tariffs imposed… Read More
Boeing Deferred Production Costs: $39bn since 2019 MAX grounding, $22bn for 737
By Karl Sinclair Feb. 04, 2025, © Leeham News: The Boeing Company (BA) released its 2024 FY Annual Report this week and as expected, it was awash with red ink. On the Jan. 28, 2025, earnings call, CFO… Read More
How Boeing’s actions affect Products, Airbus: Analysis (Update)
Updated Oct. 12 with new and clarifying information. By Scott Hamilton Oct. 11, 2024, © Leeham News: Boeing’s late announcement today of a 10% company-wide layoff of its 170,000 leaves a lot of questions. Boeing managers were told… Read More
Boeing Announces Preliminary Significant Q3 Loss: Cuts 767 Freighter Program, Delays 777X EIS, Major Layoffs
By Chris Sloan October 11, 2024, ©. Leeham News – In a late Friday news dump just after U.S. financial markets closed, The Boeing Company Announced significant financial hits as the IAM strike lurches toward a full month with no… 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
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
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