Leeham News and Analysis
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Odds and Ends: Slowing sales; Airbus in Japan; MRJ delay; Crandall on merger
Slowing Jet Sales: Within a few days, Bloomberg, Reuters and The Seattle Times each had stories about slowing jet sales. Here is the Bloomberg story, focusing on cargo sales. Here is the Reuters story. Here is The Seattle… Read More
Odds and Ends: Boeing’s secret 777X plan; Airbus wins big with British Airways parent
Secret 777X Plan: The Seattle Times reports that Boeing has some secret planning underway for assembly options for the 777X. This involves increasing the automation on the assembly (and thereby reducing manpower) and increasing the production rate to… Read More
Odds and Ends: Fixing Ethiopian’s 787; Pricing the 777X; Indigo and Frontier Air
Fixing Ethiopian’s 787: The New York Times has a good article on the challenges of fixing Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 787. Pricing the 777X: The Wall Street Journal has an article about Boeing’s challenge of pricing the 777X. It’s… Read More
State GOP wants Inslee to fail in aerospace, say Democratic leader
Washington State Sen. Mike Hewitt, a Republican from Walla Walla, took another shot at Gov. Jay Inslee and Inslee’s efforts to build the Boeing 777X wings here in Everett, where Boeing’s wide-body factory is located. Here is Hewitt’s… Read More
Odds and Ends: 777-8 “Lite”; group backs WA 777X effort; Asiana crash photos; a new 787 theory
Note: This Reuters article has some good detail about how Boeing gets the 777-9X to its advertised 20% economic gains over 777-300ER. 777-8 “Lite:” Boeing’s plan to launch the 777X in two versions, the ultra-long range 8X at… Read More
Washington on the move for new aerospace business
Washington State is showing signs of some real life in a slow ramp up to gain new aerospace business. For years, nay, for decades, state politicians took Boeing for granted. Boeing officials complained and complained and complained about… Read More
McNerney may seek retirement waiver: our view
Boeing’s Jim McNerney may seek a waiver to the mandatory retirement age of 65–he’s 64 this year–to continue as chairman and CEO. As soon as the news was out, we got a call from one Wall Street analyst… Read More
“We’ll be in a constant state of development for the next 10 years:” Boeing’s Fancher
Boeing may not be designing new airplanes to replace the 737 NG or the 777 family, but the head of Airplane Development says Boeing employees will be busy just the same. “We’re going to be in a constant… Read More