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Leeham News and Analysis
- EASA: SAF production must increase dramatically to meet climate goals October 3, 2022
- Pontifications: Suppliers don’t lack for demand, but haven’t recovered from Pandemic crisis October 3, 2022
- Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 39. VTOL design realities. September 30, 2022
- Engine Development. Part 7. Engine reliability changes the aircraft market September 29, 2022
- Boeing shows off new Additive Manufacturing facility, a key to future aerospace September 28, 2022
The Airbus and Boeing market outlooks, Part 2
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Credit: Leeham Company LLC Sept. 19, 2022, © Leeham News: In the first article last week, we focused on the differences in market outlook assumptions between Airbus and Boeing. Despite similar levels… 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
Orders at Risk: Summer 2022 Snapshot
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 22, 2022, © Leeham News: The ink has now dried on the orders signed at the 2022 Farnborough Air Show. Boeing announced more orders than Airbus, mainly because of a sold-out… Read More
Pontifications: Why I’m cautiously optimistic about Boeing’s future
June 20, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing still has a deep hole to climb out of. There’s still plenty of opportunity for missteps along the way. But I’m cautiously optimistic about Boeing’s future. Here’s why. There are tangible… Read More
Boeing’s steps toward its next new airplane
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 6, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing will launch a new airplane program, vows David Calhoun, CEO of The Boeing Co. Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), said Boeing is going… Read More
Airlines impacted by new aircraft delays
By Vincent Valery Introduction June 6, 2022, © Leeham News: LNA recently discussed the certification delays on all the current aircraft or variants under development: Airbus A321XLR, Boeing 737-7, 737-10, and 777X. Dreamliner deliveries have also been halted… Read More
Boeing’s hiring spree points to progress toward Next Boeing Airplane
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team May 30, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing is hiring again. Boeing’s hiring spree is aimed at replacing engineers, technicians, retirees and jobs lost in Russia and Ukraine. But an analysis also… Read More
Pontifications: “Dreadful” or “clearing the decks”? Boeing’s first quarter results
May 2, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing’s first quarter report was just awful. There’s just no getting around this, although a few Wall Street analysts bent over backward trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s… Read More
Boeing delays 777X first delivery delayed until 2025; posts $1.2 B loss in first quarter
UPDATED By Dan Catchpole April 27, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing’s 777X program took another hit Wednesday, when the company said it won’t deliver the first 777-9 until 2025 due to new delays getting the plane certified. It… Read More
Boeing appears finally on track to resume 787 deliveries
April 25, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing appears on a path to resume deliveries of the 787 in the second half of this year. Filings by American and United airlines with the US Securities and Exchange Commission show… Read More